Twisting and stretching single DNA molecules

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 115-140

  Strick, Terence ^a   Allemand, Jean François ^a,b   Croquette, Vincent ^a   Bensimon, David ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEINS; POLYMER;

CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROMANIPULATION; MODEL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TORQUE; TORSION;

EID: 0034528817     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(00)00018-3     Document Type: Review

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