| Literature DB >> 11751338 |
Irina Schumakovitch1, Wilfried Grange, Torsten Strunz, Patricia Bertoncini, Hans-Joachim Güntherodt, Martin Hegner.
Abstract
Force probe techniques such as atomic force microscopy can directly measure the force required to rupture single biological ligand receptor bonds. Such forces are related to the energy landscape of these weak, noncovalent biological interactions. We report unbinding force measurements between complementary strands of DNA as a function of temperature. Our measurements emphasize the entropic contributions to the energy landscape of the bond.Mesh:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11751338 PMCID: PMC1302491 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75416-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033