Stress-induced Structural Transitions in DNA and Proteins

Overview

Journal Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct

Publisher Annual Reviews

Specialties Biophysics
Molecular Biology

Date 2000 Aug 15

PMID 10940258

Citations 24

Authors

T R Strick

J F Allemand

D Bensimon

V Croquette

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Abstract

The ability to manipulate, stretch and twist biomolecules opens the way to an understanding of their structural transitions. We review some of the recently discovered stress-induced structural transitions in DNA as well as the application of single molecule manipulation techniques to DNA unzipping and to the study of protein folding/unfolding transitions.

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