Scanning tunneling microscopy of mercapto-hexyl-oligonucleotides attached to gold

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1079-1086

  Rekesh, D ^a   Lyubchenko, Y ^a   Shlyakhtenko, L S ^a   Lindsay, S M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GOLD; OLIGOMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029738749     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79308-6     Document Type: Article

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