Two laser beams hold two tiny glass balls. Between the glass beads is a protein molecules, which are anchored by DNA-linkers on the surface. If the glass beads are separated, the protein has to stretch. This can be used to measure the strength that holds a protein complex together.
Ereignis / Anlass:
Press release Jan. 24, 2017
Schlagworte:
Optical tweezers; molecule; force; protein
Fakultät:
Physik
TUM Standort:
Garching
Aufnahmezeitpunkt:
23.01.2017
Dokumenttyp:
Foto
Herkunft:
TUM Mitarbeiter
Urheber Bild / Fotograf:
Marco Grison
Nutzungsrecht:
free for reporting on Technical University of Munich
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