Osmotic pressure and packaging structure of caged DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 737-746

  Li, Zhidong ^a   Wu, Jianzhong ^a,c   Wangy, Zhen Gang ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ELECTROLYTE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DNA PACKAGING; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIRUS CAPSID;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 38549181536     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112508     Document Type: Article

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