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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2014

Combining single-molecule manipulation and imaging for the study of protein-DNA interactions.

Carina Monico, Gionata Belcastro, Francesco Vanzi, Francesco S Pavone, Marco Capitanio

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Carina MonicoLENS - European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, University of Florence; Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford.
Gionata BelcastroLENS - European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, University of Florence.
Francesco VanziLENS - European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, University of Florence; Department of Biology, University of Florence.
Francesco S PavoneLENS - European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, University of Florence; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence; National Institute of Optics-National Research Council, Italy; International Center of Computational Neurophotonics.
Marco CapitanioLENS - European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, University of Florence; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence; capitan@lens.unifi.it.
European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility · BENational Research Council · ITUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The paper describes the combination of optical tweezers and single molecule fluorescence detection for the study of protein-DNA interaction. The method offers the opportunity of investigating interactions occurring in solution (thus avoiding problems due to closeby surfaces as in other single molecule methods), controlling the DNA extension and tracking interaction dynamics as a function of both mechanical parameters and DNA sequence. The methods for establishing successful optical trapping and nanometer localization of single molecules are illustrated. We illustrate the experimental conditions allowing the study of interaction of lactose repressor (lacI), labeled with Atto532, with a DNA molecule containing specific target sequences (operators) for LacI binding. The method allows the observation of specific interactions at the operators, as well as one-dimensional diffusion of the protein during the process of target search. The method is broadly applicable to the study of protein-DNA interactions but also to molecular motors, where control of the tension applied to the partner track polymer (for example actin or microtubules) is desirable.

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DNADNA-Binding ProteinsImmobilized Nucleic AcidsImmobilized ProteinsLac RepressorsMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesOptical ImagingOptical TweezersDNADNA-Binding ProteinsImmobilized Nucleic AcidsImmobilized ProteinsLac Repressors

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PMID25226304
PMCPMC4828021
OpenAlexW2045071040

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