Conformational fluctuations of supercoiled DNA molecules observed in real time with a scanning forcemicroscope

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Zuccheri, G ^a,b   Dame, R Th ^b,c   Aquila, M ^b   Muzzalupo, M I ^b   Samori B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS; DNA MOLECULES; FRICTIONAL FORCES; MOLECULAR MOBILITY; REAL TIME; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPES; SUPERCOILED; SUPERCOILED DNA; SUPERCOILING; TIME-SCALES; UNDER WATER;

ADSORPTION; DNA; GENES; MICA; MOLECULES; SILICATE MINERALS;

CONFORMATIONS;

EID: 0001261479     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003390051206     Document Type: Article

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