| Literature DB >> 24740866 |
Alice Pyne1, Ruth Thompson, Carl Leung, Debdulal Roy, Bart W Hoogenboom.
Abstract
Based on soft-touch atomic force microscopy, a method is described to reconstruct the secondary structure of single extended biomolecules, without the need for crystallization. The method is tested by accurately reproducing the dimensions of the B-DNA crystal structure. Importantly, intramolecular variations in groove depth of the DNA double helix are resolved, which would be inaccessible for methods that rely on ensemble-averaging.Entities:
Keywords: DNA; atomic force microscopy; biomolecules; biophysics; oligonucleotides
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24740866 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201400265
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Small ISSN: 1613-6810 Impact factor: 13.281