Sequence-dependent modelling of local DNA bending phenomena: Curvature prediction and vibrational analysis

Genetica

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 63-73

  Vlahoviček, Kristian ^a   Munteanu, Mircea Gh ^b   Pongor, Sándor ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

3D model; DNA bending; DNA curvature; DNA models; Finite element method; Internet server

Indexed keywords

DNA B; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ELASTICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033371146     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003724710997     Document Type: Article

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