Fluorescence resonance energy transfer as a tool to investigate RNA structure and folding

RNA Structure and Folding: Biophysical Techniques and Prediction Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 181-213

  Gubaev, Airat ^a   Klostermeier, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84979155898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110284959.181     Document Type: Chapter

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