From atomic to mesoscopic descriptions of the internal dynamics of DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2366-2376

  Bruant, N ^a   Flatters, D ^b,d   Lavery, R ^b   Genest, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 0032735433     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77074-8     Document Type: Article

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