Probing Physical Properties of a DNA-Protein Complex Using Nanofluidic Channels

A method to investigate physical properties of a DNA‐protein complex in solution is demonstrated. By using tapered nanochannels and lipid passivation the persistence length of a RecA filament formed on double‐stranded DNA is determined to 1.15 μm, in agreement with the literature, without attaching...

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Published in:Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 884 - 887
Main Authors: Frykholm, Karolin, Alizadehheidari, Mohammadreza, Fritzsche, Joachim, Wigenius, Jens, Modesti, Mauro, Persson, Fredrik, Westerlund, Fredrik
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 12.03.2014
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:
Biophysical Phenomena
Channels
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
DNA - chemistry
DNA, Circular - metabolism
Filaments
fluorescence
Handles
Joining
lipid passivation
Lipids
Microfluidics - methods
nanofluidics
Nanofluids
Nanostructure
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology - methods
Physical properties
proteins
Rec A Recombinases - chemistry
lipid passivation
fluorescence
nanofluidics
DNA
proteins
ISSN:1613-6810, 1613-6829, 1613-6829
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Summary:A method to investigate physical properties of a DNA‐protein complex in solution is demonstrated. By using tapered nanochannels and lipid passivation the persistence length of a RecA filament formed on double‐stranded DNA is determined to 1.15 μm, in agreement with the literature, without attaching protein or DNA to any handles or surfaces.
Bibliography:ArticleID:SMLL201302028
Swedish Research Council - No. 2011-4324
Chalmers Area of Advance in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
Agence Nationale pour la Recherche - No. 1521 01
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These authors contributed equally.
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ISSN:1613-6810
1613-6829
1613-6829
DOI:10.1002/smll.201302028