A semiflexible polymer model applied to loop formation in DNA hairpins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2864-2875

  Kuznetsov, Serguei V ^a   Shen, Yiqing ^a   Benight, Albert S ^a   Ansari, Anjum ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DNA STRUCTURE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0034759469     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75927-9     Document Type: Article

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