Probing the microscopic flexibility of DNA from melting temperatures

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 769-773

  Weber, Gerald ^a   Essex, Jonathan W ^b   Neylon, Cameron ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELTING POINT; STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; DNA SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; GENOMIC DNA; LENGTH SCALE; LOCAL FLEXIBILITY; NANO SCALE;

DNA;

EID: 70350133427     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1371     Document Type: Article

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