Sequence-dependent gating of an ion channel by DNA hairpin molecules

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 6425-6437

  DeGuzman, Veronica S ^a,b   Lee, Clarence C ^c   Deamer, David W ^d   Vercoutere, Wenonah A ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MAP Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^c US Genomics   (United States)

^d University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CHANNEL GATING; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 33845913010     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl754     Document Type: Article

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