The Manipulation of Single Biomolecules

2001/10/01 by Terence Strick, Terence R. Strick, Jean-François Allemand +3
Physics and Astronomy · Engineering · #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.1420553

Abstract

By monitoring the response of individual protein and DNA molecules to pulling and twisting, biophysicists can learn much about their structure and their interactions.

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