Visualization of hemiknot DNA structure with an atomic force microscope

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4902-4909

  Lyubchenko, Yuri L ^a,b   Shlyakhtenko, Luda S ^b   Binus, Melinda ^b   Gaillard, Claire ^c   Strauss, François ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; SILATRANE DERIVATIVE; THYMINE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MICA;

EID: 0037112730     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf626     Document Type: Review

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