Single-molecule investigations of RNA dissociation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3811-3821

  Green, Nicola H ^a   Williams, Philip M ^a   Wahab, Omar ^a   Davies, Martyn C ^a   Roberts, Clive J ^a   Tendler, Saul J B ^a   Allen, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; KINETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 2942675183     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.026070     Document Type: Article

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