A random-walk model for retardation of interacting species during gel electrophoresis: Implications for gel-shift assays

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1288-1298

  Belotserkovskii, Boris P ^a,b   Johnston, Brian H ^a,c,d  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Somagenics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030791098     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78162-1     Document Type: Article

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