Publication Date:
1989-01-20
Description:
Uncoated double-stranded DNA dissolved in a salt solution was deposited on graphite and imaged in air with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The resolution was such that the major and minor grooves could be distinguished. The pitch of the helix varied between 27 and 63 angstroms in the images obtained. Thus the STM can be useful for structural studies of a variety of uncoated and isolated biomolecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Beebe, T P Jr -- Wilson, T E -- Ogletree, D F -- Katz, J E -- Balhorn, R -- Salmeron, M B -- Siekhaus, W J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jan 20;243(4889):370-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Livermore, CA 94550.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2911747" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cattle
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DNA/*ultrastructure
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Microscopy, Electron, Scanning/instrumentation/*methods
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*Nucleic Acid Conformation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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