Force spectroscopy of single DNA and RNA molecules

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 330-336

  Williams, Mark C ^a   Rouzina, Ioulia ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; RECA PROTEIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; DNA DENATURATION; HYDROLYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RNA;

EID: 0036600949     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00340-8     Document Type: Review

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