The DNA double helix fifty years on

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 461-467

  Macgregor Jr , Robert B ^a   Poon, Gregory M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA; Double helix; Molecular biology; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEINS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DOUBLE HELIX STRUCTURES;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HISTORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

DNA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 0344898371     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2003.08.001     Document Type: Note

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