Optimization of nucleic acid sequences

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 680-685

  Lafontaine, Ingrid ^a   Lavery, Richard ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA BINDING; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0033884290     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76326-0     Document Type: Article

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