Cooperative chiral order in the B-Z transition in random sequences of DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 966-971

  Selinger, Jonathan V ^a   Schnur, Joel M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL ROTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0030797040     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78129-3     Document Type: Article

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