Analytical Debye-Huckel model for electrostatic potentials around dissolved DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-30

  Wagner, Katrina ^a   Keyes, Edward ^a   Kephart, Thomas W ^a   Edwards, Glenn ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030957189     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78043-3     Document Type: Article

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