Physical approaches to the study of DNA

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 647-672

  Strick, T R ^a   Allemand, J F ^a   Croquette, V ^a   Bensimon, D ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brownian motion analysis; DNA micromanipulation; DNA structural transitions; DNA supercoiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039165659     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000033247.51868.be     Document Type: Article

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