Monte Carlo analysis of the conformation of DNA catenanes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 232, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1130-1140

  Vologodskii, Alexander V ^a   Cozzarelli, Nicholas R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catenanes; DNA; Monte Carlo; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0027171352     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1993.1465     Document Type: Article

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