DNA unzipped under a constant force exhibits multiple metastable intermediates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1694-1699

  Danilowicz, Claudia ^a   Coljee, Vincent W ^b   Bouzigues, Cedric ^a   Lubensky, David K ^c   Nelson, David R ^a   Prentiss, Mara ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Symphogen AS   (Denmark)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADSORPTION; DNA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 0037452772     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.262789199     Document Type: Article

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