Deposition of supercoiled DNA on mica for scanning force microscopy imaging

Scanning Microscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 953-962

  Samori B ^a,b   Muzzalupo, I ^a   Zuccheri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; DNA spreading techniques; Scanning force microscopy; Supercoiled DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

MICA;

EID: 0030561678     PISSN: 08917035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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