Formation of DNA toroids inside confined droplets adsorbed on mica surfaces

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Hou, Xi Miao ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Dou, Shuo Xing ^a   Zhang, Ling Yun ^a   Xie, Ping ^a   Wang, Wei Chi ^a   Wang, Peng Ye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM IMAGING; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COARSE-GRAINED; CONDENSING AGENTS; DNA COMPACTIONS; DNA MOLECULES; DNA STIFFNESS; DNA TOROIDS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; IN-VITRO; MICA SURFACES; MICRO DROPLETS; RANDOM COIL;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; GENES; MICA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SILICATE MINERALS;

DNA;

EID: 67249084022     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.051912     Document Type: Article

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