DNA structural forms

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-368

  Hartmann, Brigitte ^a   Lavery, Richard ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA A; DNA Z;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA HELIX; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030426643     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033583500005874     Document Type: Review

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