Distance-dependent electron transfer in DNA hairpins

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5326, 1997, Pages 673-676

  Lewis, Frederick D ^a   Wu, Taifeng ^a   Zhang, Yifan ^a   Letsinger, Robert L ^a   Greenfield, Scott R ^b   Wasielewski, Michael R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STILBENES;

EID: 0030820847     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5326.673     Document Type: Article

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