Brownian dynamics simulations of supercoiled DNA with bent sequences

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 955-971

  Chirico, Giuseppe ^a   Langowski, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DNA SUPERCOILING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL;

MUS;

EID: 0029776063     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79299-8     Document Type: Article

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