Visualization of interaction between ribosome-inactivating proteins and supercoiled DNA with an atomic force microscope

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 458-462

  Wu, Xiaohua ^a   Liu, Wangyi ^a   Ouyang, Zhenqian ^b   Li, Minqian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; DNA protein interaction; Ribosome inactivating proteins; Supercoil dependent endonuclease; Supercoiled DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000228491     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03183582     Document Type: Article

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