Binding of molecules to DNA and other semiflexible polymers

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 6 B, 2000, Pages 6740-6749

  Diamant, Haim ^a,b   Andelman, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERS; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CHAINS; MOLECULES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FLUCTUATION INDUCED INTERACTION; KAC-BAKER MODEL; SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMER; ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; BOUND MOLECULES; EXTERNAL TENSION; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; FLUCTUATION-INDUCED INTERACTIONS; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; SEMI-FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; SMALL MOLECULES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS;

DNA; SURFACTANT;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DNA; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0034195169     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.6740     Document Type: Article

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