Recent developments in single-molecule DNA mechanics

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-312

  Bryant, Zev ^a,b   Oberstrass, Florian C ^a   Basu, Aakash ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DNA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; TORQUE;

EID: 84862615458     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.04.007     Document Type: Review

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