Search Results - "Fuller, Derek N"
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Single phage T4 DNA packaging motors exhibit large force generation, high velocity, and dynamic variability
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-10-2007)“…Terminase enzyme complexes, which facilitate ATP-driven DNA packaging in phages and in many eukaryotic viruses, constitute a wide and potentially diverse…”
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Ionic effects on viral DNA packaging and portal motor function in bacteriophage φ29
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-07-2007)“…In many viruses, DNA is confined at such high density that its bending rigidity and electrostatic self-repulsion present a strong energy barrier in viral…”
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Ionic effects on viral DNA packaging and portal motor function in bacteriophage phi 29
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-07-2007)“…In many viruses, DNA is confined at such high density that its bending rigidity and electrostatic self-repulsion present a strong energy barrier in viral…”
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Measurements of Single DNA Molecule Packaging Dynamics in Bacteriophage λ Reveal High Forces, High Motor Processivity, and Capsid Transformations
Published in Journal of molecular biology (09-11-2007)“…Molecular motors drive genome packaging into preformed procapsids in many double-stranded (ds)DNA viruses. Here, we present optical tweezers measurements of…”
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DNA as a Metrology Standard for Length and Force Measurements with Optical Tweezers
Published in Biophysical journal (01-12-2006)“…Optical tweezers have broad applications in studies of structures and processes in molecular and cellular biophysics. Use of optical tweezers for quantitative…”
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A general method for manipulating DNA sequences from any organism with optical tweezers
Published in Nucleic acids research (01-01-2006)“…Mechanical manipulation of single DNA molecules can provide novel information about DNA properties and protein–DNA interactions. Here we describe and…”
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Portal Motor Velocity and Internal Force Resisting Viral DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage ϕ29
Published in Biophysical journal (01-01-2008)“…During the assembly of many viruses, a powerful molecular motor compacts the genome into a preassembled capsid. Here, we present measurements of viral DNA…”
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Ionic effects on viral DNA packaging and portal motor function in bacteriophage [phi]29
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-07-2007)“…In many viruses, DNA is confined at such high density that its bending rigidity and electrostatic self-repulsion present a strong energy barrier in viral…”
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Portal Motor Velocity and Internal Force Resisting Viral DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage [straight phi]29
Published in Biophysical journal (01-01-2008)“…During the assembly of many viruses, a powerful molecular motor compacts the genome into a preassembled capsid. Here, we present measurements of viral DNA…”
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Dynamics of bacteriophage ϕ29 DNA packaging: initiation and dependence on ionic conditions
Published in The FASEB journal (01-03-2006)“…Optical tweezers measurements of the packaging of single DNA molecules into single bacteriophage ϕ29 proheads provide a method for understanding the detailed…”
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Portal motor velocity and internal force resisting viral DNA packaging in bacteriophage phi29
Published in Biophysical journal (01-01-2008)“…During the assembly of many viruses, a powerful molecular motor compacts the genome into a preassembled capsid. Here, we present measurements of viral DNA…”
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