title: Biology and polymer physics at the single-molecule level.
abstract: The ability to look at individual molecules has given us new insights into molecular processes. Examples of our recent work are given to illustrate how behaviour that may otherwise be hidden from view can be clearly seen in single-molecule experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4060, USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D007700:Kinetics; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D012313:RNA