Nanoplasmonic ruler to measure lipid vesicle deformation

Nanoplasmonic Ruler to Measure Lipid Vesicle Deformation Supporting Information

Use of an “ Online Ruler ” to Self ‐ Measure Digit Ratio

The ratio between 2nd (index) and 4th (ring) finger lengths (2D:4D) has been proposed to be negatively correlated to prenatal testosterone exposure in humans (Manning, 2002). Evidence for this phenomenon has come from findings of differences between males and females, masculinized 2D:4D in individuals with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (a condition which produces elevated prenatal testosterone...

A Golden Ruler Used to Measure DNA Structure in Solution

Figure 1: [A] Scattering intensity as a function of scattering angle for the 20 base-pair double-labeled (blue), single-labeled (red, magenta; indistinguishable), and unlabeled (cyan) DNA duplexes. The intensity of the double-labeled sample has been scaled by a factor of 1/2 to aid visual comparison. The pattern of scattering interference between the two nanocrystal labels (black) is obtained b...

A nanoplasmonic molecular ruler for measuring nuclease activity and DNA footprinting.

GANG L. LIU, YADONG YIN2,3, SIRI KUNCHAKARRA, BIPASHA MUKHERJEE, DANIELE GERION, STEPHEN D. JETT, DAVID G. BEAR, JOE W. GRAY, A. PAUL ALIVISATOS, LUKE P. LEE* AND FANQING FRANK CHEN* Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center, Department of Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA Departm...

Nebulin: Does It Measure up as a Ruler?

A recent study has shown that the giant protein nebulin maintains the lengths of actin filaments in striated muscle cells. Although on the surface, nebulin looks like a molecular ruler, it may be playing a more complex role in regulating dynamics at the pointed end of actin filaments in striated muscle.