Microscopic mechanism for experimentally observed anomalous elasticity of DNA in two dimensions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4464-4469

  Destainville, Nicolas ^a   Manghi, Manoel ^a   Palmeri, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENZYME; PROTEIN; DNA;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA DENATURATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ALGORITHMS; DNA; ELASTICITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 68949092305     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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