Statistical mechanical simulation of polymeric DNA melting with MELTSIM

Bioinformatics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 370-375

  Blake, R D ^a   Bizzaro, J W ^b   Blake, J D ^c   Day, G R ^a   Delcourt, S G ^a   Knowles, J ^a   Marx, K A ^b   SantaLucia, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032998464     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/15.5.370     Document Type: Article

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