Real time observation of the photocleavage of single DNA molecules

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 673-675

  Li, Bin ^a   Hu, Jun ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Wu, Shiying ^a   Huang, Yibo ^a   Li, Minqian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope (AFM); Fluorescent microscope (FM); Photocleavage DNA; Single molecule; Substrate modification

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544450969     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03tb9144     Document Type: Article

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