Magnetic tweezers for the measurement of twist and torque

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 87, 2014, Pages

  Lipfert, Jan ^a   Lee, Mina ^a   Ordu, Orkide ^a   Kerssemakers, Jacob W J ^a   Dekker, Nynke H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; DNA; Freely orbiting magnetic tweezers; Issue 87; Magnetic torque tweezers; Magnetic tweezers; Single molecule techniques; Torque; Twist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930482561     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51503     Document Type: Article

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