Single-molecule manipulation of nucleic acids

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 368-373

  Bockelmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

DIG; Digoxygenin; Double stranded DNA; dsDNA; Single stranded DNA; ssDNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

BASE PAIRING; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 2942521182     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.03.016     Document Type: Review

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