Equilibrium dynamics of spermine-induced plasmid DNA condensation revealed by fluorescence lifetime correlation spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Humpolíčková, Jana ^a   Benda, Aleš ^a   Sýkora, Jan ^a   Macháň, Radek ^a   Kral, Teresa ^a,b   Gasinska, Barbara ^a   Enderlein, Joerg ^c   Hof, Martin ^a  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 38549129669     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122408     Document Type: Article

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