Fluorescence studies of DNA and RNA structure and dynamics

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 322-326

  Millar, David P ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029992307     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80050-9     Document Type: Article

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