Molecule by molecule, the physics and chemistry of life: SMB 2007.

Authors :: Block, Steven M.
Larson, Matthew H.
Greenleaf, William J.
Herbert, Kristina M.
Guydosh, Nicholas R.
Anthony, Peter C.
Source :: Nature Chemical Biology. Apr2007, Vol. 3 Issue 4, p193-197. 5p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: Information about several papers discusses at a conference on molecule biophysics is presented. The conference covers an emerging discipline in which the behaviors of individual macromolecules are measured with a variety of biophysical techniques including optical trapping, atomic force microscopy, fluorescense microscopy and magnetic tweezers. single-molecule techniques have been used to study transcription by prokaryotic RNA polymerase with which transcription is initiated in bacteria.