The elastic rod model for DNA and its application to the tertiary structure of DNA minicircles in mononucleosomes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2515-2530

  Swigon, David ^a   Coleman, Bernard D ^a   Tobias, Irwin ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEOSOME;

EID: 0031969344     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77960-3     Document Type: Article

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