B- to S-form transition of double-stranded DNA in solutions of various salt concentrations

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 318, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 600-606

  Dong, Ruixin ^a,b   Yan, Xunling ^b   Yu, Guofen ^a   Liu, Shenggang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA; Force extension; Salt concentration

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN BONDS; IONIC STRENGTH; METAL IONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BASE STACKING; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA MOLECULE; FORCE-EXTENSION; SALT CONCENTRATION; SODIUM ION CONCENTRATION; STRETCHING TRANSITIONS;

DNA;

DNA B; DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYDROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIC STRENGTH; MODEL; MOLECULE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STRETCHING;

EID: 0344444333     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2003.09.061     Document Type: Article

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