Optical tweezers enable the isolation and mechanical manipulation of individual nucleoprotein complexes. Here, we describe how to use this technique to interrogate the mechanical properties of individual protein-DNA complexes and… Click to show full abstract
Optical tweezers enable the isolation and mechanical manipulation of individual nucleoprotein complexes. Here, we describe how to use this technique to interrogate the mechanical properties of individual protein-DNA complexes and extract information about their overall structural organization.
               
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