B-S transition in short oligonucleotides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2400-2409

  Morfill, Julia ^a   Kühner, Ferdinand ^a   Blank, Kerstin ^a,b   Lugmaier, Robert A ^a   Sedlmair, Julia ^a   Gaub, Hermann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; FORCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848825294     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.106112     Document Type: Article

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