Thermal transition profiles of bacteriophage T4 and its DNA

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-138

  Kawai, Yoshio ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T4; Cooperative unit; DNA melting; DNA rewinding; Scanning calorimetry; DNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CALORIMETRY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033397891     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.45.135     Document Type: Article

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