DNA stretching and compression: Large-scale simulations of double helical structures

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1301-1326

  Kosikov, Konstantin M ^a   Gorin, Andrey A ^b   Zhurkin, Victor B ^c   Olson, Wilma K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational transitions; DNA stretching; Molecular simulation; RecA DNA assembly; TBP DNA complex

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATA BOX;

EID: 0033603393     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2798     Document Type: Article

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