Stretching single-stranded DNA: Interplay of electrostatic, base-pairing, and base-pair stacking interactions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1133-1143

  Zhang, Yang ^a,b   Zhou, Haijun ^c   Ou Yang, Zhong Can ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CALCULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY; FORCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034901419     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75770-0     Document Type: Article

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