Theory for the hydrodynamic and electrophoretic stretch of tethered B- DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1197-1210

  Stigter, Dirk ^a,b   Bustamante, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA B; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTROPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; TENSION; THEORY;

EID: 0031655429     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)74039-1     Document Type: Article

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