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ArticleBioTechniques2016

Simple horizontal magnetic tweezers for micromanipulation of single DNA molecules and DNA-protein complexes.

Christopher P McAndrew, Christopher Tyson, Joseph Zischkau, Patrick Mehl, Pamela L Tuma, Ian L Pegg, Abhijit Sarkar

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Article in BioTechniques, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher P McAndrewDepartment of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Christopher TysonVitreous State Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Joseph ZischkauCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Patrick MehlVitreous State Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Pamela L TumaDepartment of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Ian L PeggDepartment of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Abhijit SarkarDepartment of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Catholic University of America · USUniversity of America · USCarnegie Mellon University · USUnited States Department of State · US

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Alcohol-induced changes in protein acetylation: mechanisms and consequencesR01AA017626 · NIAAA · CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA · PI PAMELA L. TUMA · 2010 to 2026
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NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA017626NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA17626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the development of a simple-to-implement magnetic force transducer that can apply a wide range of piconewton (pN) scale forces on single DNA molecules and DNA-protein complexes in the horizontal plane. The resulting low-noise force-extension data enable very high-resolution detection of changes in the DNA tether's extension: ~0.05 pN in force and <10 nm change in extension. We have also verified that we can manipulate DNA in near equilibrium conditions through the wide range of forces by ramping the force from low to high and back again, and observing minimal hysteresis in the molecule's force response. Using a calibration technique based on Stokes' drag law, we have confirmed our force measurements from DNA force-extension experiments obtained using the fluctuation-dissipation theorem applied to transverse fluctuations of the magnetic microsphere. We present data on the force-distance characteristics of a DNA molecule complexed with histones. The results illustrate how the tweezers can be used to study DNA binding proteins at the single molecule level.

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NanotechnologyDNAMacromolecular SubstancesMagneticsMicromanipulationMicrospheresDNAMacromolecular Substancesdifferential measurementmagnetic trapmagnetic tweezerssingle molecule–micromanipulation

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PMID26757808
PMCPMC4733873
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