Characterization of nucleic acids by nanopore analysis

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 817-825

  Deamer, David W ^a   Branton, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; DNA, SINGLE STRANDED; HEMOLYSIN; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION CURRENT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE;

BIOPOLYMERS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036797062     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar000138m     Document Type: Article

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