Electrostatic-undulatory theory of plectonemically supercoiled DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2502-2519

  Ubbink, Job ^a   Odijk, Theo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SUPERCOILING; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONIC STRENGTH; PITCH; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033062960     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77405-9     Document Type: Article

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