Thermodynamics of DNA interactions from single molecule stretching experiments

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 159-166

  Williams, Mark C ^a,b   Rouzina, Ioulia ^a   Bloomfield, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA DENATURATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IONIC STRENGTH; MELTING POINT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PH; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; REVIEW;

DNA; HIV-1; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMODYNAMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036009140     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar010045k     Document Type: Article

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