Detecting solvent-driven transitions of poly(A) to double-stranded conformations by atomic force microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2918-2925

  Ke, Changhong ^a,b   Loksztejn, Anna ^a,c   Jiang, Yong ^a   Kim, Minkyu ^a   Humeniuk, Michael ^a   Rabbi, Mahir ^a   Marszalek, Piotr E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; DNA; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPLEX FORMATION; HYSTERESIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; DNA; ELASTICITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLY A; SOLVENTS;

EID: 67649322131     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.3939     Document Type: Article

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