Using nonequilibrium measurements to determine macromolecule free-energy differences
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Using nonequilibrium measurements to determine macromolecule free-energy differences.
S ince the advent of techniques that enable experimentalists to manipulate individual macromolecules, there has been a need for accurate estimates of free-energy changes between an initial equilibrium state and a second equilibrium state that is arrived at by a nonequilibrium manipulation. Atomic force microscopy and optical laser tweezers, often using macromolecules attached to m-sized magneti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2336065100