Monte carlo simulations of supercoiled DNAs confined to a plane

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 944-962

  Fujimoto, Bryant S ^a   Schurr, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENTROPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

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EID: 0036163582     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75455-6     Document Type: Article

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