Salt dependence of the elasticity and overstretching transition of single DNA molecules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3160-3169

  Wenner, Jay R ^a   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

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; INORGANIC SALT; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; STRETCHING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0036106380     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75658-0     Document Type: Article

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