Fabrication of a new substrate for atomic force microscopic observation of DNA molecules from an ultrasmooth sapphire plate

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1654-1657

  Yoshida, K ^a   Yoshimoto, M ^a   Sasaki, K ^a   Ohnishi, T ^a   Ushiki, T ^b   Hitomi, J ^b   Yamamoto, S ^b   Sigeno, M ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Takatsuka Unit   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031920483     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77878-6     Document Type: Article

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