Capillary electrophoresis is a sensitive monitor of the hairpin-random coil transition in DNA oligomers

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Stellwagen, Earle ^a   Renze, Anne ^a   Stellwagen, Nancy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; DNA minihairpins; Free solution mobility; Hairpin random coil transition

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONFORMATIONS; DNA; FRICTION; METABOLISM; UREA;

AQUEOUS BUFFER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; FREE SOLUTIONS; FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENTS; RANDOM COIL; SENSITIVE TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURE PREDICTION; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

MELTING POINT;

FORMAMIDE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OLIGOMER; UREA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRUCTURE; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CLONE;

EID: 34247197253     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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