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Test tubes go microscopic

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Researchers in Japan have created arrays of microscopic 'test tubes' that permitted them to accurately quantify the efficiency of single enzyme molecules.

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Figure 1: Confined operation of F1-ATPase.

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  • 25 March 2005

    For the Research Highlights feature, “Test tubes go microscopic”, the second reference was amended to reflect the correct page range of the article being referenced.

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  1. NOTE: In the version of this article originally published, page numbers for the second reference were listed incorrectly. The correct reference is: Rondelez, Y. et al. Highly coupled ATP synthesis by F1-ATPase single molecules. Nature 433, 773–777 (2005b). The corrected verison of this article is available in the HTML and PDF format. An erratum will be published in the May issue of the print version of the journal. We regret these errors.

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  1. Rondelez, Y. et al. Microfabricated arrays of femtoliter chambers allow single molecule enzymology. Nat. Biotechnol., 23, 361–365 (2005a).

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  2. Rondelez, Y. et al. Highly coupled ATP synthesis by F1-ATPase single molecules. Nature 433, 773–777 (2005b).

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Evanko, D. Test tubes go microscopic. Nat Methods 2, 244–245 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0405-244a

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