The measurement of exonuclease activities by atomic force microscopy

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Hori, Kunio ^a,b   Takahashi, Takeo ^a,b   Okada, Takao ^a  

^a NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

^b OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; BAL 31 nuclease; DNA; Enzyme activity; Exonuclease

Indexed keywords

DNA; EXONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031907033     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050111     Document Type: Article

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