Modeling DNA deformations

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 286-297

  Olson, Wilma K ^a   Zhurkin, Victor B ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034110969     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00086-5     Document Type: Review

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