Programmable energy landscapes for kinetic control of DNA strand displacement

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Machinek, Robert R F ^a   Ouldridge, Thomas E ^a   Haley, Natalie E C ^a   Bath, Jonathan ^a   Turberfield, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTOR;

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923321731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6324     Document Type: Article

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