Compression and self-entanglement of single DNA molecules under uniform electric field

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

Volumn 108, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 16153-16158

  Tang, Jing ^a   Du, Ning ^b   Doyle, Patrick S ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DNA conformation; Electrophoresis; Knots; Microfluidic; Polymer physics

Indexed keywords

DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DNA COMPRESSION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SELF ENTANGLEMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NANOFABRICATION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE, METABOLISM AND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTRICITY;

EID: 80053648846     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105547108     Document Type: Article

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