Nanoscale mechanical and dynamical properties of DNA single molecules

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-221

  Anselmi, Claudio ^a   DeSantis, Pasquale ^a   Scipioni, Anita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Divalent cations effects; DNA curvature; DNA flexibility; DNA mica interactions; Persistence length; Worm like chain

Indexed keywords

CATION; CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA BASE; METAL; POLYMER;

BASE PAIRING; BIOLOGY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MOLECULE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CATIONS, DIVALENT; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLIABILITY;

MICA;

EID: 11144308336     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.09.007     Document Type: Review

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