Mechanical separation of the complementary strands of DNA.

Abstract:

:We describe the mechanical separation of the two complementary strands of a single molecule of bacteriophage lambda DNA. The 3' and 5' extremities on one end of the molecule are pulled progressively apart, and this leads to the opening of the double helix. The typical forces along the opening are in the range of 10-15 pN. The separation force signal is shown to be related to the local GC vs. AT content along the molecule. Variations of this content on a typical scale of 100-500 bases are presently detected.

authors

Essevaz-Roulet B,Bockelmann U,Heslot F

doi

10.1073/pnas.94.22.11935

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-10-28 00:00:00

pages

11935-40

issue

22

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

journal_volume

94

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