A Brownian dynamics program for the simulation of linear and circular DNA and other wormlike chain polyelectrolytes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 780-788

  Klenin, Konstantin ^a   Merlitz, Holger ^a   Langowski, Jörg ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0031880233     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)74003-2     Document Type: Article

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