Effect of an electrolyte cation on detecting DNA damage with the latch constriction of α-hemolysin

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3781-3786

  Johnson, Robert P ^a   Fleming, Aaron M ^a   Burrows, Cynthia J ^a   White, Henry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DAMAGE DETECTION; DNA; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPORES; POSITIVE IONS; RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

BULK ELECTROLYTES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DUPLEX STABILITY; OPTIMAL CURRENT; RESIDENCE TIME; SMALL VARIATIONS; SPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84908657805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502030e     Document Type: Article

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