Thermodynamics of the first transition in writhe of a small circular DNA by Monte Carlo simulation

Biopolymers

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-503

  Gebe, John A ^a   Michael Schurr, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DNA; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CIRCULAR MODEL FILAMENT; FIRST TRANSITION IN WRITHE; INTERSUBUNIT INTERACTIONS; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; SMALL CIRCULAR DNA; TORSIONAL RIGIDITY;

BIOPOLYMERS;

CIRCULAR DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030131012     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0282(199604)38:4<493::aid-bip5>3.0.co;2-o     Document Type: Article

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