Stretching DNA using the electric field in a synthetic nanopore

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1883-1888

  Heng, Jiunn B ^a   Aksimentiev, Aleksei ^a   Ho, Chuen ^a   Marks, Patrick ^a   Grinkova, Yelena V ^a   Sligar, Steve ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a   Timp, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN-BINDING SITE; TRANSLOCATIONS;

DNA; ELECTROLYTES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 27544493173     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0510816     Document Type: Article

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