Writhing and linking densities for closed, circular DNA

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 577-585

  Benham, Craig ^a   Miller, David ^a  

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EID: 0347740254     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0218216500000323     Document Type: Article

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