DNA bending by small, mobile multivalent cations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3152-3164

  Rouzina, Loulia ^a   Bloomfield, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345055328     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)78021-X     Document Type: Article

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