Sequence dependence of branch migratory minima

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-70

  Sun, Weiqiong ^a   Mao, Chengde ^a   Liu, Furong ^a   Seeman, Nadrian C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch migration; Branched DNA; Genetic recombination; Holliday junctions; Symmetric immobile junctions

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032508467     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1991     Document Type: Article

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