High-resolution atomic-force microscopy of DNA: the pitch of the double helix.

Abstract:

:Using a cationic lipid bilayer, we show that DNA can be reliably adsorbed to the bilayer surface for atomic force microscopy (AFM) in aqueous buffers at high resolution. The measured width of the dsDNA is close to 2 nm, and a periodic modulation on dsDNA is reproducibly detected by the AFM. The measured period is 3.4 +/- 0.4 nm, in excellent agreement with the known pitch of the double helix. The right-handedness of the double helix is directly discernible in high resolution AFM images. Thus, this approach can be readily applied to the study of DNA-protein interactions, as well as sequence mapping at high resolution.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Mou J,Czajkowsky DM,Zhang Y,Shao Z

doi

10.1016/0014-5793(95)00906-p

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-09-11 00:00:00

pages

279-82

issue

3

eissn

0014-5793

issn

1873-3468

pii

0014-5793(95)00906-P

journal_volume

371

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