Environmental Control of the Deformability of the DNA Double Helix

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 526-531

  Georghiou, S ^a   Kubala, Steven M ^a   Large, Catherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032059638     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb09088.x     Document Type: Article

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