Influence of static and dynamic bends on the birefringence decay profile of RNA helices: Brownian dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 318-332

  Zacharias, Martin ^a,b,c   Hagerman, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0030989905     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78072-X     Document Type: Article

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