Polymer chain statistics and conformational analysis of DNA molecules with bends or sections of different flexibility

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-59

  Rivetti, Claudio ^a   Walker, Chip ^a   Bustamante, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

A tracts; Persistence length; Scanning force microscopy; ssDNA; Worm like chain

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYMER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032479186     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1830     Document Type: Article

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