Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18680093›Full record

ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2008

An AFM/rotaxane molecular reading head for sequence-dependent DNA structures.

Brian A Ashcroft, Quinn Spadola, Shahid Qamar, Peiming Zhang, Gerald Kada, Rouvain Bension, Stuart Lindsay

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Thermal and inertial resonances in DNA unzipping.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Brian A AshcroftBiodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601 Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Quinn Spadola
Shahid Qamar
Peiming Zhang
Gerald Kada
Rouvain Bension
Stuart Lindsay
Arizona State University · USAgilent Technologies (Austria) · AT

Funding

Molecular Reading Head for Single-Molecule DNA sequencinR21HG003061 · NHGRI · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI LINDSAY, STUART · 2004 to 2006
$554k
NHGRI NIH HHS R21 HG003061NHGRI NIH HHS R21-HG03061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA secondary structure may prove to be a significant obstacle both for enzymes that process DNA through an orifice and for the passage of DNA through nanopores proposed for some novel sequencing schemes. A nanomechanical molecular "tape reader" is assembled by threading a nanopore over DNA and pulling it using an atomic force microscope. Its formation is confirmed by studying the force required to open hairpins under that geometry. Unfolding induced by this 0.7-nm-diameter aperture requires 40 times more force than that reported for pulling on the ends of the DNA. Kinetic analysis shows that much less strain is required to destabilize the double helix in this geometry. Consequently, much more force is required to provide the free energy needed for opening.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid ConformationBase Sequencebeta-CyclodextrinsDNAKineticsMagneticsMicroscopy, Atomic ForceRotaxanesbeta-CyclodextrinsbetadexDNARotaxanes

Identifiers

PMID18680093
PMCPMC2597423
OpenAlexW2057513554

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