Abstract
Paper Abstract
A double-trap optical tweezers instrument was constructed and its spatial resolution measured. The instrument features real-time control that allows feedback based position- and force-clamping experiments. To study RNA-polymerization by QDE-1, an RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase, we tethered a 7250 nt single-stranded DNA molecule between two optically trapped microspheres. Preliminary constant-force extension trajectories and force-extension curves were collected.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VI |
Publisher | International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE |
Number of pages | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2009 |
MoE publication type | B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings |
Publication series
Series | Proceedings of SPIE |
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Volume | 6644 |
ISSN | 0277-786X |