Superhelix dimensions of a 1868 base pair plasmid determined by scanning force microscopy in air and in aqueous solution

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1736-1744

  Rippe, Karsten ^a   Mücke, Norbert ^a   Langowski, Jörg ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; PLASMID DNA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

AIR; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, RECOMBINANT; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PLASMIDS; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

MICA;

EID: 1842289164     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.9.1736     Document Type: Article

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