The melting mechanism of DNA tethered to a surface

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 474-488

  Qamhieh, Khawla ^a   Wong, Ka Yiu ^b   Lynch, Gillian C ^b   Pettitt, B Montgomery ^b  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

And microarray; DNA; Melting

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749194584     PISSN: 17055105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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