Increased intensities of YOYO-1 labeled DNA oligomers near silver particles[para]

Photochemistry and Photobiology, Jun 2003 by Lakowicz, Joseph R, Malicka, Joanna, Gryczynski, Ignacy

[para]Posted on the website on 28 April 2003.

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Joseph R. Lakowicz,* Joanna Malicka and Ignacy Gryczynski

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

Received 30 January 2003; accepted 20 March 2003

*To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Fax: 410-706-8408; E-mail: cfs@cfs.umbi.umd.edu