Scanning tunneling microscopy of DNA

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-50

  Dunlap, David ^a,b,c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATE; CONSTANT CURRENT MODE; ELECTRICAL COUPLING; GENOMIC STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL DAMAGE; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

CURRENT DENSITY; DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULES; PROTEINS; SURFACES;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

CISPLATIN; DNA; DNA BASE; GOLD; GUANINE; PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; WATER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON; REVIEW; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030043053     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.482794     Document Type: Review

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