Effect of bending strain on the torsion elastic constant of DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 718-730

  Heath, Patrick J ^a   Clendenning, James B ^a   Fujimoto, Bryant S ^a   Schurr, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending strain; Ethidium binding constant; Linear and circular DNA; Secondary structure change; Torsion constant

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; CURVED DNA; ETHIDIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030564829     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0432     Document Type: Article

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