Conformation of oligonucleotides attached to gold nanocrystals probed by gel electrophoresis

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-36

  Parak, Wolfgang J ^a,b   Pellegrino, Teresa ^a   Micheel, Christine M ^a   Gerion, Daniele ^a   Williams, Shara C ^a   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROBE; DNA STRAND; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0042475010     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl025888z     Document Type: Article

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