A general method for manipulating DNA sequences from any organism with optical tweezers

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Fuller, Derek N ^a   Gemmen, Gregory J ^a   Rickgauer, John Peter ^a   Dupont, Aurelie ^a   Millin, Rachel ^a   Recouvreux, Pierre ^a   Smith, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MICROSPHERE; DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ELASTICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ELASTICITY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSPHERES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 32644449056     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gnj016     Document Type: Article

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