Biological distances on DNA knots and links: Applications to XER recombination

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 269-294

  Darcy, Isabel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

4 plats; Recombination; Tangles; Xer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035627462     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216501000846     Document Type: Article

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