Internal dynamics of supercoiled DNA molecules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4951-4955

  Kalkbrenner, Thomas ^a,b   Arnold, Axel ^a,c   Tans, Sander J ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR ALGORITHMS AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SCAI   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PLASMID DNA;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68949136770     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.056     Document Type: Article

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