Microsecond time-scale discrimination among polycytidylic acid, polyadenylic acid, and polyuridylic acid as homopolymers or as segments within single RNA molecules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3227-3233

  Akeson, Mark ^a   Branton, Daniel ^b   Kasianowicz, John J ^c   Brandin, Eric ^b   Deamer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; RNA;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032762996     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77153-5     Document Type: Article

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