Action at a distance in supercoiled DNA: Effects of sequence on slither, branching, and intramolecular concentration

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1893-1908

  Sprous, Dennis ^a   Harvey, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASMID;

EID: 0029862705     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79754-0     Document Type: Article

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