Single-molecule magnetic tweezer tests on DNA: bounds on topoisomerase relaxation

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2008.0132zbMath1152.92303OpenAlexW2116507366MaRDI QIDQ5505109

J. M. T. Thompson

Publication date: 23 January 2009

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2008.0132

zbMATH Keywords

single-molecule experimentstopoisomerasemagnetic tweezersplectoneme mechanicssupercoiling of DNA

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical applications (general) (92C50) Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40) Biophysics (92C05)

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