Peeling back the mystery of DNA overstretching

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 18047-18048

  Williams, Mark C ^a   Rouzina, Ioulia ^b   McCauley, Micah J ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA;

DNA DENATURATION; DNA HELIX; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; HYSTERESIS; LIGAND BINDING; NOTE; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 70849111872     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910269106     Document Type: Note

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