The structure of b-dna in oriented fibers

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1015-1027

  Chandrasekaran, Rengaswami ^a   Arnott, Struther ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA B; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BASE COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 0029942364     PISSN: 07391102     EISSN: 15380254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1996.10508916     Document Type: Article

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