Measurement of intercolumnar forces between parallel guanosine four-stranded helices

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2867-2874

  Mariani, Paolo ^a   Saturni, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; HYDRATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BIOPHYSICS; DEOXYGUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; ELECTROSTATICS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SOLUTIONS; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029882780     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79856-9     Document Type: Article

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