Mechanical stability of single DNA molecules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1997-2007

  Clausen Schaumann, Hauke ^a   Rief, Matthias ^b   Tolksdorf, Carolin ^a   Gaub, Hermann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE);

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; FORCE; HYSTERESIS; IONIC STRENGTH; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRETCHING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034069676     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76747-6     Document Type: Article

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