Flexibility of duplex DNA on the submicrosecond timescale

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3256-3276

  Okonogi, T M ^a   Reese, A W ^a   Alley, S C ^a,b   Hopkins, P B ^a   Robinson, Bruce H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA CONFORMATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032787071     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77157-2     Document Type: Article

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