Remarks on discrete and continuous large-scale models of DNA dynamics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2504-2514

  Klapper, I ^a   Qian, H ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031976753     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77959-7     Document Type: Article

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