Effects of contact force and salt concentration on the unbinding of a DNA duplex by force spectroscopy

Langmuir

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 882-886

  Wal, Mark Vander ^a   Kamper, Sarah ^a   Headley, Jennifer ^a   Sinniah, Kumar ^a  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT FORCE; DNA DUPLEX; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; PICOFORCE MICROSCOPE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IONS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SALTS;

DNA;

DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 33244490817     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la0523560     Document Type: Article

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