Detection of cruciform extrusion in DNA by temperature-gradient gel electrophoresis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 343, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 308-312

  Víglasky, Viktor ^a   Danko, Patrik ^a   Adamčík, Jozef ^a   Valle, Francesco ^b   Dietler, Giovanni ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cruciform extrusion; DNA supercoiling; Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; EXTRUSION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DNA MOLECULES; DNA SUPERCOILING; PALINDROMIC; PROMOTER REGION; SUPERCOILED DNA; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TOPOISOMERS;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

CRUCIFORM DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 23044467511     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.05.017     Document Type: Article

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