In silico modeling and conformational mobility of DNA duplexes

Molekulyarnaya Biologiya

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 240-254

  Vorobjev, Yu N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DNA; HETERODUPLEX; MESSENGER RNA;

ALGORITHM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA STRUCTURE; REVIEW; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; MECHANICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037668611     PISSN: 00268984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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