High-resolution STM imaging of novel poly(G)-poly(C) DNA molecules

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 4430-4433

  Shapir, Errez ^a   Cohen, Hezy ^a   Borovok, Natalia ^b   Kotlyar, Alexander B ^b   Porath, Danny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MOLECULE HELIX; MORPHOLOGICAL STATISTICS;

DNA;

EID: 33645653337     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0569638     Document Type: Article

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