The dynamics of partially extended single molecules of DNA

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6638, 1997, Pages 151-154

  Quake, Stephen R ^a,b   Babcock, Hazen ^a   Chu, Steven ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPOLYMERS; DNA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; SOLUTIONS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030836754     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40588     Document Type: Article

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