A new structural analysis of DNA using statistical models of infrared spectra

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 927-928

  Malins, Donald C ^a   Polissar, Nayak L ^b,c   Su, Yingzhong ^a   Gardner, Henry S ^d   Gunselman, Sandra J ^e  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d US Army Ctr for Environ Hlth Res   (United States)

^e Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DNA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0030841136     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0897-927     Document Type: Short Survey

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