"Optical Tweezers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A technique that uses LASERS to trap, image, and manipulate small objects (biomolecules, supramolecular assembles, DENDRIMERS) in three dimensional space. (From Glossary of Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology Terms, 4th ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D052898
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Optical Tweezers- Optical Tweezers
- Optical Tweezer
- Tweezer, Optical
- Tweezers, Optical
- Optical Trapping
- Trapping, Optical
- Laser Tweezers
- Laser Tweezer
- Tweezer, Laser
- Tweezers, Laser
- Optical Trap
- Optical Traps
- Trap, Optical
- Traps, Optical
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Optical Tweezers" by people in Profiles.
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Optical Trapping Nanometry of Hypermethylated CPG-Island DNA. Biophys J. 2017 Feb 07; 112(3):512-522.
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Force Measurements for Cancer Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2017; 1530:195-228.
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Mitochondrial DNA typing of laser-captured single sperm cells to differentiate individuals in a mixed semen stain. Electrophoresis. 2016 08; 37(15-16):2273-7.
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Direct observation of processive exoribonuclease motion using optical tweezers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Dec 08; 112(49):15101-6.
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Real-time observation of the initiation of RNA polymerase II transcription. Nature. 2015 Sep 10; 525(7568):274-7.
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Dynamic regulation of transcription factors by nucleosome remodeling. Elife. 2015 Jun 05; 4.
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Measuring forces at the leading edge: a force assay for cell motility. Integr Biol (Camb). 2013 Jan; 5(1):204-14.
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High-resolution, long-term characterization of bacterial motility using optical tweezers. Nat Methods. 2009 Nov; 6(11):831-5.
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Nucleosomal fluctuations govern the transcription dynamics of RNA polymerase II. Science. 2009 Jul 31; 325(5940):626-8.
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Modeling the mechanics of tethers pulled from the cochlear outer hair cell membrane. J Biomech Eng. 2008 Jun; 130(3):031007.