Extreme bendability of DNA less than 100 base pairs long revealed by single-molecule cyclization

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6098, 2012, Pages 1097-1101

  Vafabakhsh, Reza ^a   Ha, Taekjip ^a,b  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIGASE;

BIOASSAY; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CYCLIZATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 84865546608     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1224139     Document Type: Article

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