BiophysicsbioRxivPreprint
Accurate single-bead force calibration in high-throughput magnetic tweezers reveals the mechanism of directional transcription termination by MTERF1
Pim P. B. America, Eugeniu Ostrofet, Britney Johnson…·David Dulin
This paper develops an in-situ force calibration method for magnetic tweezers and uses it to reveal how MTERF1 causes directional transcription termination through DNA unwinding and a kinetic barrier.
DOI 10.64898/2026.04.17.719150