Fluorescence studies on the interaction of ethidium bromide with duplex, triplex and quadruplex DNA structures

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-69

  Sun, Xueguang ^a   Cao, Enhua ^a   He, Yujian ^a   Qin, Jingfen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Duplex; Ethidium bromide; Interaction; Quadruplet; Triplex

Indexed keywords

EID: 19044386095     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02883038     Document Type: Article

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