DNA folding: Structural and mechanical properties of the two-angle model for chromatin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1940-1956

  Schiessel, Helmut ^a,b,c   Gelbart, William M ^a   Bruinsma, Robijn ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS LINKING; DNA CONFORMATION; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035066656     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76164-4     Document Type: Article

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