Effects of Na+ and Mg2+ on the structures of supercoiled DNAs: Comparison of simulations with experiments

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-128

  Gebe, John A ^a   Delrow, Jeffrey J ^a   Heath, Patrick J ^a   Fujimoto, Bryant S ^a   Stewart, Doyle W ^a   Schurr, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Effects of Na+ and Mg2+; Monte Carlo simulations; Static and dynamic light scattering; Supercoiled DNAs; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLASMID; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; LASERS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0030595083     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0502     Document Type: Article

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