Electrostatic mechanisms of DNA deformation

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 29, Issue , 2000, Pages 497-521

  Williams, Loren Dean ^a   Maher III, L James ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending; Collapse; Counterion condensation; Curvature; Groove

Indexed keywords

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ELECTRICITY; GENOME; IONIC STRENGTH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THEORY;

ANIMALS; DNA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IONS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033894923     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.29.1.497     Document Type: Review

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