Comparison of the electrophoretic and hydrodynamic properties of DNA and RNA oligonucleotide duplexes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1532-1538

  Bonifacio, Gordon F ^a   Brown, Tom ^b   Conn, Graeme L ^b,c   Lane, Andrew N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 0030751844     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78185-2     Document Type: Article

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