Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was employed to quantitatively detect the interaction between a transcription factor, ZmDREBIA, and its target DNA sequence (DRE).The specificity of the interaction was revealed by compar...Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was employed to quantitatively detect the interaction between a transcription factor, ZmDREBIA, and its target DNA sequence (DRE).The specificity of the interaction was revealed by comparing the binding probability of ZmDREBIA to DRE element with core sequence ACCGAC and to the ERE element with core sequence AGCCGCC. Moreover, the single-molecular unbinding force between ZmDREBIA and DRE element was determined using Poisson statistical method to be 99±9 pN.The results indicated that AFM could serve as a sensitive and reliable technique to probe the interaction properties of the transcription factor and DNA element at single-molecular level, thus indicating that AFM is advantageous over the traditional methods, such as the electrophoretic mobility shift assay, regarding to the functional analysis of transcription factors.展开更多
The adsorption and assembling of bacterio-chlorophyll c (BChl c) on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface have been investigated by the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). BChl c molecules are found to ...The adsorption and assembling of bacterio-chlorophyll c (BChl c) on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface have been investigated by the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). BChl c molecules are found to self-organize a well-defined adlayer on HOPG surface with a monomeric structure different from the dimer association seen on adlayers of Chls a, c and BChlide c, d. A structural model is proposed for the adlayer.展开更多
文摘Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was employed to quantitatively detect the interaction between a transcription factor, ZmDREBIA, and its target DNA sequence (DRE).The specificity of the interaction was revealed by comparing the binding probability of ZmDREBIA to DRE element with core sequence ACCGAC and to the ERE element with core sequence AGCCGCC. Moreover, the single-molecular unbinding force between ZmDREBIA and DRE element was determined using Poisson statistical method to be 99±9 pN.The results indicated that AFM could serve as a sensitive and reliable technique to probe the interaction properties of the transcription factor and DNA element at single-molecular level, thus indicating that AFM is advantageous over the traditional methods, such as the electrophoretic mobility shift assay, regarding to the functional analysis of transcription factors.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.20121301 and 20177025)the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘The adsorption and assembling of bacterio-chlorophyll c (BChl c) on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface have been investigated by the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). BChl c molecules are found to self-organize a well-defined adlayer on HOPG surface with a monomeric structure different from the dimer association seen on adlayers of Chls a, c and BChlide c, d. A structural model is proposed for the adlayer.
