Kinetics of conformational transitions of a single polymer chain

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 58-74

  Dawson, K A ^a   Timoshenko, E G ^a   Kuznetsov, Yu A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DNA; Heteropolymer; Kinetics; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; DNA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; HETEROPOLYMERS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 0031076437     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(96)00396-2     Document Type: Article

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