Microscopic basis for the mesoscopic extensibility of dendrimer-compacted DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 834-842

  Mills, Maria ^a,b   Orr, Brad ^b   Banaszak Holl, Mark M ^b   Andricioaei, Ioan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77749317228     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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