A nanomechanical device based on the B-Z transition of DNA

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6715, 1999, Pages 144-146

  Mao, Chengde ^a   Sun, Welqiong ^a   Shen, Zhiyong ^a   Seeman, Nadrian C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA B; DNA Z;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DNA CONFORMATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BIOMECHANICS; DNA; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033552937     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16437     Document Type: Article

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