Magnetic tweezers measurements of the nanomechanical properties of DNA in the presence of drugs

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 7089-7099

  Salerno, Domenico ^a   Brogioli, Doriano ^a   Cassina, Valeria ^a   Turchi, Diana ^a   Beretta, Giovanni Luca ^b   Seruggia, Davide ^a   Ziano, Roberto ^a   Zunino, Franco ^b   Mantegazza, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CONGOCIDINE; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG DNA BINDING; MAGNETISM; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BIOMECHANICS; CISPLATIN; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; ETHIDIUM; INTERCALATING AGENTS; LIGANDS; MAGNETICS; NETROPSIN; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 78650354719     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq597     Document Type: Article

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