The twist, writhe and overall shape of supercoiled DNA change during counterion-induced transition from a loosely to a tightly interwound superhelix possible implications for DNA structure in vivo

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 825-847

  Bednar, Jan ^a   Furrer, Patrick ^a   Stasiak, Andrzej ^a   Dubochet, Jacques ^a   Egelman, Edward H ^b   Bates, Andrew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counterions effect on DNA structure; Cryo electron microscopy; DNA structure; DNA supercoiling; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028049305     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1042     Document Type: Article

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