Static curvature and flexibility measurements of DNA with microscopy. A simple renormalization method, its assessment by experiment and simulation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 997-1009

  Cognet, Jean A H ^a   Pakleza, Christophe ^a   Cherny, Dmitry ^b,c   Delain, Etienne ^b   Cam, Eric Le ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNA bending; DNA curvature; DNA flexibility; Electron microscopy; Equations for the Porod Kratky chain

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033593503     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2322     Document Type: Article

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