ReviewAnnual review of biophysics2013
Torque measurement at the single-molecule level.
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- Coarse-grained mathematical models for studying mechanical properties of the DNA.Biophysical reviews · 2025Review
- Optical torque calculations and measurements for DNA torsional studies.Biophysical journal · 2024Article
- Reciprocating RNA Polymerase batters through roadblocks.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Optical Tweezers to Study Viruses.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2024Review
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- Interaction of Proteins with Inverted Repeats and Cruciform Structures in Nucleic Acids.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Genesis of Open States Zones in a DNA Molecule Depends on the Localization and Value of the Torque.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Torsional Stiffness of Extended and Plectonemic DNA.Physical review letters · 2021Article
- Ideas and methods of nonlinear mathematics and theoretical physics in DNA science: the McLaughlin-Scott equation and its application to study the DNA open state dynamics.Biophysical reviews · 2021Review
- Optical tweezers in single-molecule biophysics.Nature reviews. Methods primers · 2021Article
- Versatile Multilayer Metamaterial Nanoparticles with Tailored Optical Constants for Force and Torque Transduction.ACS nano · 2020Article
- Dynamics of the Buckling Transition in Double-Stranded DNA and RNA.Biophysical journal · 2020Article
- Emerging roles for R-loop structures in the management of topological stress.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2020Review
- Intermediate states of molecular self-assembly from liquid-cell electron microscopy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- A Tour de Force on the Double Helix: Exploiting DNA Mechanics To Study DNA-Based Molecular Machines.Biochemistry · 2019Review
- High Trap Stiffness Microcylinders for Nanophotonic Trapping.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2019Article
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Abstract
Methods for exerting and measuring forces on single molecules have revolutionized the study of the physics of biology. However, it is often the case that biological processes involve rotation or torque generation, and these parameters have been more difficult to access experimentally. Recent advances in the single-molecule field have led to the development of techniques that add the capability of torque measurement. By combining force, displacement, torque, and rotational data, a more comprehensive description of the mechanics of a biomolecule can be achieved. In this review, we highlight a number of biological processes for which torque plays a key mechanical role. We describe the various techniques that have been developed to directly probe the torque experienced by a single molecule, and detail a variety of measurements made to date using these new technologies. We conclude by discussing a number of open questions and propose systems of study that would be well suited for analysis with torsional measurement techniques.
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