On the origin of the temperature dependence of the supercoiling free energy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2688-2701

  Delrow, Jeffrey J ^a   Heath, Patrick J ^a   Michael Schurr, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; DNA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DNA SUPERCOILING; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; TORSION;

EID: 0030783292     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78297-3     Document Type: Article

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