Sequence-dependent elastic properties of DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 299, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 695-709

  Lankaš, Filip ^a   Šponer, Jiří ^a   Hobza, Pavel ^a   Langowski, Jörg ^b  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMBER; Base stacking; Flexibility of oligonucleotides; Molecular dynamics simulations; Thermodynamic fluctuations

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYMER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0034625311     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3781     Document Type: Article

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