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Magnetic tweezers method to measure single molecule torque

US8350564B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

Alfredo Andres Celedon · Columbia, US
Sean Sun · San Francisco, US
Gregory Bowman · Young Harris, US
Denis Wirtz · Washington, US
Peter C. Searson · Baltimore, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2010
Grant date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB82Y35/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and a method for determining the torque imposed on a filament, such as a single DNA strand or macromolecule, using a magnetic probe and an imaging device.

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