Cation charge dependence of the forces driving DNA assembly

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2608-2615

  DeRouchey, Jason ^a,c   Parsegian, V Adrian ^b   Rau, Donald C ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 78049323212     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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