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ArticleNature communications2022

Low cost and massively parallel force spectroscopy with fluid loading on a chip.

Ehsan Akbari, Melika Shahhosseini, Ariel Robbins, Michael G Poirier, Jonathan W Song, Carlos E Castro

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ehsan AkbariDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Melika ShahhosseiniDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Ariel RobbinsDepartment of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Michael G PoirierDepartment of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Jonathan W SongDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6991-5298
Carlos E CastroDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. castro.39@osu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7023-6105
The Ohio State University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of chromatin regulation of transcriptionR35GM139564 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI POIRIER, MICHAEL GUY · 2021 to 2025
$3.6M
Biophysical-based approach for controlling blood vessel structure and functionR01HL141941 · NHLBI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CASTRO, CARLOS E., PRAKASH, SHAURYA · 2018 to 2021
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141941NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139564
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current approaches for single molecule force spectroscopy are typically constrained by low throughput and high instrumentation cost. Herein, a low-cost, high throughput technique is demonstrated using microfluidics for multiplexed mechanical manipulation of up to ~4000 individual molecules via molecular fluid loading on-a-chip (FLO-Chip). The FLO-Chip consists of serially connected microchannels with varying width, allowing for simultaneous testing at multiple loading rates. Molecular force measurements are demonstrated by dissociating Biotin-Streptavidin and Digoxigenin-AntiDigoxigenin interactions along with unzipping of double stranded DNA of varying sequence under different dynamic loading rates and solution conditions. Rupture force results under varying loading rates and solution conditions are in good agreement with prior studies, verifying a versatile approach for single molecule biophysics and molecular mechanobiology. FLO-Chip enables straightforward, rapid, low-cost, and portable mechanical testing of single molecules that can be implemented on a wide range of microscopes to broaden access and may enable new applications of molecular force spectroscopy.

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BiotinLab-On-A-Chip DevicesMechanical PhenomenaMicroscopy, Atomic ForceSpectrum AnalysisStreptavidinBiotinStreptavidin

Identifiers

PMID36357383
PMCPMC9649742
OpenAlexW4309077227

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