Grabbing the cat by the tail: manipulating molecules one by one
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- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Vol. 1 (2) , 130-136
- https://doi.org/10.1038/35040072
Abstract
Methods for manipulating single molecules are yielding new information about both the forces that hold biomolecules together and the mechanics of molecular motors. We describe here the physical principles behind these methods, and discuss their capabilities and current limitations.Keywords
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