Atomic force microscopy observation of the condensates of the spermidine-DNA complexes

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 418-423

  Lin, Zhang ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Su, Ming ^a   Tian, Fang ^a   Ma, Jin ^a   Bai, Chunli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

AFM; Spermidine; Spiral wound process of globular subunits; Toroidal condensates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342780797     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02877821     Document Type: Article

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