Force-induced melting of a short DNA double helix

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-62

  Pope, Lisa H ^a   Davies, Martyn C ^a   Laughton, Charles A ^a   Roberts, Clive J ^a   Tendler, Saul J B ^a   Williams, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; DNA; Dynamic force spectroscopy; Melting; Stretching

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CALORIMETRY; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035229336     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490000107     Document Type: Article

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