Visualizing ion relaxation in the transport of short DNA fragments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2488-2501

  Allison, Stuart A ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Laue, Thomas M ^b   Wilson, Timothy J ^b   Wooll, John O ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; IONIZATION; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFACE CHARGE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033032333     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77404-7     Document Type: Article

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