Imaging compaction of single supercoiled DNA molecules by atomic force microscopy

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-337

  Limanskaya, Olga Y ^a,b   Limanskii, Alex P ^a  

^a STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Amino mica; Atomic force microscopy; DNA compaction; Supercoiled DNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; SURFACE CHARGE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 60149107351     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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