Study of DNA internal dynamics by quasi-elastic light scattering

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7657-7663

  Ivanova, Maria A ^a   Arutyunyan, Alexander V ^a   Lomakin, Aleksey V ^b   Noskin, Valentine A ^c  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Institute of New Technologies in Education   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNA; First cumulant; Internal dynamics; Polymer coil; Quasi elastic light scattering

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; CORRELATION METHODS; DNA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICS; PROBABILITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY; TENSORS;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR; FIRST CUMULANT; REGULARIZATION PROCEDURE; RELAXATION TIME;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0031249526     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007657     Document Type: Article

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