title: Analysis of the nano-kinetic movement of a single DNA by a pin-fiber video scope.
abstract: The nano-kinetics movement of a single DNA molecule was visualized by a newly developed video-microscope system with an optical fiber, called a "pin-fiber video scope". The stretching and shrinking motion was clearly observed, and its kinetics was analyzed by numerical calculations. The new video-microscope system has a potential to analyze the nano-kinetics of a molecule.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medical Science, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan. yhirakaw@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzutoh
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Tomoteru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shingaki
authors.forename: Edward M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Eyring
authors.forename: Makio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masujima
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D007700:Kinetics; D018715:Microscopy, Video; D009038:Motion; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D055100:Optical Fibers
chemical_list: D004247:DNA