Magnetic and Optical Tweezers (MT / OT) Technology

Magnetic tweezers have provided important insights into the functions and mechanisms of DNA-binding enzymes, as well as detailed, high-resolution information on the mechanical properties of DNA. Optical tweezers have contributed substantially to the broadening of our knowledge about key biological phenomena: from motion cycles of molecular motors to the elastic properties of nucleic acids to fundamental cellular processes such as transcription or translation.