Polyelectrolytes. Physicochemical Aspects and Biological Significance

DNA Interactions with Polymers and Surfactants

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-39

  Ullner, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Polyelectrolytes physicochemical and biological significance; Polyelectrolytes and biological function; Transient electrical birefringence (TEB)

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EID: 84867380309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470286364.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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