Using DNA as a fiducial marker to study SMC complex interactions with the atomic force microscope.

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Published in Biophys J on February 21, 2012

Authors

M E Fuentes-Perez1, E J Gwynn, M S Dillingham, F Moreno-Herrero

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Macromolecular Structures, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.

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