Joining forces: integrating the mechanical and optical single molecule toolkits

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1680-1697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique J. Jacobs ◽  
Kerstin Blank
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Detection ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Force Measurements

Combining single molecule force measurements with fluorescence detection opens up exciting new possibilities for the characterization of mechanoresponsive molecules in Biology and Materials Science.

scholarly journals Biophysical characterization of DNA binding from single molecule force measurements

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy R. Chaurasiya ◽  
Thayaparan Paramanathan ◽  
Micah J. McCauley ◽  
Mark C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Force Measurements ◽  
Biophysical Characterization

Applications of ultramicrotomy for materials characterization

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 232-233
Author(s):  
R.T. Blackham ◽  
J.J. Haugh ◽  
C.W. Hughes ◽  
M.G. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Microstructural Analysis ◽  
Analytical Electron Microscopy ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Preparation Technique ◽  
Thermally Induced ◽  
Radiation Induced ◽  
Characterization Of Materials

Essential to the characterization of materials using analytical electron microscopy (AEM) techniques is the specimen itself. Without suitable samples, detailed microstructural analysis is not possible. Ultramicrotomy, or diamond knife sectioning, is a well-known mechanical specimen preparation technique which has been gaining attention in the materials science area. Malis and co-workers and Glanvill have demonstrated the usefulness and applicability of this technique to the study of a wide variety of materials including Al alloys, composites, and semiconductors. Ultramicrotomed specimens have uniform thickness with relatively large electron-transparent areas which are suitable for AEM anaysis.Interface Analysis in Type 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel: STEM-EDS microanalysis of grain boundaries in austenitic stainless steels provides important information concerning the development of Cr-depleted zones which accompany M23C6 precipitation, and documentation of radiation induced segregation (RIS). Conventional methods of TEM sample preparation are suitable for the evaluation of thermally induced segregation, but neutron irradiated samples present a variety of problems in both the preparation and in the AEM analysis, in addition to the handling hazard.

Multidimensional Characterization of Single‐Molecule Dynamics in a Plasmonic Nanocavity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Domulevicz ◽  
Hyunhak Jeong ◽  
Nayan K. Paul ◽  
Juan Sebastian Gomez-Diaz ◽  
Joshua Hihath
Keyword(s):  
Single Molecule ◽  
Single Molecule Dynamics ◽  
Molecule Dynamics

scholarly journals Synthesis and Characterization of a Bioconjugate Based on Oleic Acid and L-Cysteine

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1791
Author(s):  
Marco Vizcarra-Pacheco ◽  
María Ley-Flores ◽  
Ana Mizrahim Matrecitos-Burruel ◽  
Ricardo López-Esparza ◽  
Daniel Fernández-Quiroz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Critical Micellar Concentration ◽  
Synthesis And Characterization ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Visible Spectroscopy ◽  
Amide Bonds ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Self Assembled

One of the main challenges facing materials science today is the synthesis of new biodegradable and biocompatible materials capable of improving existing ones. This work focused on the synthesis of new biomaterials from the bioconjugation of oleic acid with L-cysteine using carbodiimide. The resulting reaction leads to amide bonds between the carboxylic acid of oleic acid and the primary amine of L-cysteine. The formation of the bioconjugate was corroborated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In these techniques, the development of new materials with marked differences with the precursors was confirmed. Furthermore, NMR has elucidated a surfactant structure, with a hydrophilic part and a hydrophobic section. Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) was used to determine the critical micellar concentration (CMC) of the bioconjugate. Subsequently, light diffraction (DLS) was used to analyze the size of the resulting self-assembled structures. Finally, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was obtained, where the shape and size of the self-assembled structures were appreciated.

Single-molecule binding characterization of primosomal protein PriA involved in replication restart

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzu-Yu Lee ◽  
Yi-Ching Li ◽  
Min-Guan Lin ◽  
Chwan-Deng Hsiao ◽  
Hung-Wen Li
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Dna Synthesis ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Replication Forks ◽  
Bacterial Survival ◽  
Dna Damages ◽  
Replication Restart

DNA damages lead to stalled or collapsed replication forks. Replication restart primosomes re-initiate DNA synthesis at these stalled or collapsed DNA replication forks, which is important for bacterial survival. Primosomal...

scholarly journals Single Molecule FRET Characterization of Oligomers from Alpha-Synuclein Early Onset Parkinson's Disease Mutants

2014 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 269a ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Tosatto ◽  
Mathew H. Horrocks ◽  
Cremades Nunilo ◽  
Tim Guilliams ◽  
Mauro Dalla Serra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Early Onset ◽  
Alpha Synuclein ◽  
Single Molecule Fret ◽  
Early Onset Parkinson’S Disease

scholarly journals Single-Molecule Fluorescence Detection of a Synthetic Heparan Sulfate Disaccharide

ChemPhysChem ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 3442-3446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte E. Dalton ◽  
Steven D. Quinn ◽  
Aidan Rafferty ◽  
Michael J. Morten ◽  
John M. Gardiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Fluorescence Detection ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Single Molecule Fluorescence

scholarly journals Rational design of protein-specific folding modifiers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anirban Das ◽  
Anju Yadav ◽  
Mona Gupta ◽  
R Purushotham ◽  
Vishram L. Terse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Molecule ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Force Measurements ◽  
Folding Nucleus ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
General Method

AbstractProtein folding can go wrong in vivo and in vitro, with significant consequences for the living cell and the pharmaceutical industry, respectively. Here we propose a general design principle for constructing small peptide-based protein-specific folding modifiers. We construct a ‘xenonucleus’, which is a pre-folded peptide that resembles the folding nucleus of a protein, and demonstrate its activity on the folding of ubiquitin. Using stopped-flow kinetics, NMR spectroscopy, Förster Resonance Energy transfer, single-molecule force measurements, and molecular dynamics simulations, we show that the ubiquitin xenonucleus can act as an effective decoy for the native folding nucleus. It can make the refolding faster by 33 ± 5% at 3 M GdnHCl. In principle, our approach provides a general method for constructing specific, genetically encodable, folding modifiers for any protein which has a well-defined contiguous folding nucleus.

scholarly journals Characterization of Fluorescent Base Analogs to Study DNA Base Flipping at the Single Molecule Level

2013 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 346a
Author(s):  
Xochitl A. Sosa-Vazquez ◽  
Matthew Vander-Schuur ◽  
Liza Valencia ◽  
Elvin A. Aleman
Keyword(s):  
Single Molecule ◽  
Base Flipping ◽  
Single Molecule Level ◽  
Dna Base
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