Anisotropic elastic bending models of DNA

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 227-243

  Gromiha, M Michael ^b   Munteanu, Mircea G ^c   Gabrielian, Andrei ^d   Pongor, Sándor ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^d ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; DNA bending; DNA curvature; Elasticity; Finite element methods; Sequence dependent stiffness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000531710     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00401875     Document Type: Article

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