title: The light side of the force.
abstract: A combination of two single-molecule techniques has revealed new tertiary interactions in the TPP riboswitch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.
authors.forename: Aakash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.
authors.forename: Taekjip
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ha
mesh_terms: D008027:Light; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D058928:Riboswitch
chemical_list: D058928:Riboswitch
keywords: TPP; biophysics; none; optical trap; riboswitch; single molecule biophysics; smFRET; structural biology