Excessive Counterion Condensation on Immobilized ssDNA in Solutions of High Ionic Strength

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3858-3864

  Rant, Ulrich ^a   Arinaga, Kenji ^a,b   Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi ^b   Fujita, Shozo ^b   Tornow, Marc ^a   Yokoyama, Naoki ^b   Abstreiter, Gerhard ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GOLD; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRODE; FLUORESCENCE; ION CONDUCTANCE; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0345413234     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74800-0     Document Type: Article

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