Atomic force microscopy imaging of macromolecular complexes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 950, Issue , 2013, Pages 315-341

  Santos, Sergio ^a,b   Billingsley, Daniel ^a   Thomson, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

AFM; Biomolecules; Double stranded DNA; Height; Macromolecular complexes; RNA polymerase; Topoisomerase; Water

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; MICA; WATER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMIDITY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRESSURE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PRESSURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER;

EID: 84870550738     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-137-0_18     Document Type: Review

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