New tools to study biophysical properties of single molecules and single cells

New tools to study biophysical properties of single molecules and single cells

We present a review on two new tools to study biophysical properties of single molecules and single cells. A laser incident through a high numerical aperture microscope objective can trap small dielectric particles near the focus. This arrangement is named optical tweezers. This technique has the ad...

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Main Authors: Márcio S. Rocha, Oscar N. Mesquita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2007-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
pinça óptica
microscopia de desfocalização
moléculas únicas
macrófagos
transporte de água
motilidade celular
optical tweezers
defocusing microscopy
single molecules
macrophages
water transport
cell motility
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