An electrostatic model for the dielectric effects, the adsorption of multivalent ions, and the bending of B-DNA

Biopolymers

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 503-516

  Stigter, Dirk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann averaged bending angles; Debye shielding factor; Dielectric cylinder in water; Discrete charge model of DNA; Effective dielectric constant; Potential variations in DNA surface; Salt effects

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; PHOSPHATES; POSITIVE IONS; SALTS; WATER;

BOLTZMANN AVERAGED BENDING ANGLES; DEBYE SHIELDING FACTOR; SHIELDED COULOMB POTENTIAL;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DNA CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL;

EID: 0032401031     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0282(199812)46:7<503::AID-BIP8>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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