Probing complexes with single fluorophores: Factors contributing to dispersion of FRET in DNA/RNA duplexes

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-405

  Cherny, Dmitry I ^a   Eperon, Ian C ^a   Bagshaw, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA RNA duplex; Flexibility; Fluorescence; FRET; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARBOCYANINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTONS; RNA;

EID: 62949168954     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0383-z     Document Type: Article

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