DNA structure: Cations in charge?

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 298-304

  McFail Isom, Lori ^a   Sines, Chad C ^a   Williams, Loren Dean ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; DIVALENT CATION; DNA; MONOVALENT CATION;

DNA CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033150892     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80040-2     Document Type: Article

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