Sedimentation and electrophoretic migration of DNA knots and catenanes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-3

  Vologodskii, Alexander V ^a   Crisona, Nancy J ^b   Laurie, Ben ^c   Pieranski, Piotr ^d   Katritch, Vsevolod ^e   Dubochet, Jacques ^f   Stasiak, Andrzej ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AL Digital   (United Kingdom)

^d POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA catenanes; DNA gel electrophoresis; DNA knots; DNA sedimentation; DNA topology

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032562742     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1696     Document Type: Editorial

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