Nanomechanics of membrane tubulation and DNA assembly

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dc.contributor.author	Roopa, T.	-
dc.contributor.author	Shivashankar, G.V.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2006-05-16T11:19:36Z	-
dc.date.available	2006-05-16T11:19:36Z	-
dc.date.issued	2003-03-10	-
dc.identifier.citation	Applied Physics Letters, 2003, Vol.82, p1631-1633	en
dc.identifier.issn	0003-6951	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1269	-
dc.description.abstract	We report an interesting regime of tubule formation in multilamellar membrane vesicles. An optically trapped bead is used to apply a localized subpicoNewton force on a cationic vesicle to form a membrane tubule. The force extension curves reveal a saturation phase, with the tubule length extending up to tens of microns, beyond a threshold force 0.6±0.2 pN. We then use the tubule as a sensor for monitoring the dynamics of charge induced DNA integration on cationic membrane vesicles. Our results may also have applications in the development of nanowires and nanofluidic devices.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The American Institute of Physics	en
dc.relation.uri	http://link.aip.org/link/?apl/82/1631	en
dc.rights	(2003) by the American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.	en
dc.title	Nanomechanics of membrane tubulation and DNA assembly	en
dc.type	Article	en
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