Quantitative analysis of monovalent counterion binding to random-sequence, double-stranded DNA using the replacement ion method

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2050-2058

  Stellwagen, Earle ^a   Dong, Qian ^a   Stellwagen, Nancy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOCIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; POSITIVE IONS;

DNA SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDES; REPLACEMENT ION (RI) METHOD;

DNA;

AMMONIA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; LITHIUM ION; OLIGOMER; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TROMETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BUFFERS; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; LITHIUM; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; TROMETHAMINE;

EID: 33847028397     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi062132w     Document Type: Article

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