Microscopic behaviour of DNA during electrophoresis: Electrophoretic orientation

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 103-164

  Norden, Bengt ^a   Elvingson, Christer ^a   Jonsson, Mats ^a   ÅKerman, Björn ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BEHAVIOR; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GENOME; KINETICS; LINEAR DICHROISM; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; OSCILLATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; THEORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025838091     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583500003395     Document Type: Article

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