High-yield preparation of oligomeric C-type DNA toroids and their characterization by cryoelectron microscopy

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-17

  Böttcher, Christoph ^a   Endisch, Claus ^a   Fuhrhop, Jürgen Hinrich ^a   Catterall, Catherine ^b   Eaton, Michael ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; PLASMID DNA; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; IN VITRO STUDY;

EID: 0032515426     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja971047w     Document Type: Article

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