Configurational transitions in Fourier series-represented DNA supercoils

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1742-1762

  Liu, Guohua ^a   Schlick, Tamar ^b   Olson, Andrew J ^a   Olson, Wilma K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0030825156     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78205-5     Document Type: Article

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