DNA structure and dynamics: An atomic force microscopy study

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-98

  Lyubchenko, Yuri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Alternative DNA structures; DNA supercoiling; Holliday junctions; Imaging; Recombination; SFM; Single molecule dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 15244361577     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/cbb:41:1:075     Document Type: Review

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