Single molecule detection of direct, homologous, DNA/DNA pairing

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

Volumn 106, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 19824-19829

  Danilowicz, C ^a   Lee, C H ^a   Kim, K ^b   Hatch, K ^a   Coljee, V W ^a   Kleckner, N ^b   Prentiss, M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dsDNA; Sequence dependent

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DNA; DNA B; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; MAGNETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 73949141761     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911214106     Document Type: Article

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