The stability of Seeman JX DNA topoisomers of paranemic crossover (PX) molecules as a function of crossover number

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6047-6056

  Maiti, Prabal K ^a,b   Pascal, Tod A ^a   Vaidehi, Nagarajan ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; DNA SEQUENCE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC STABILITY; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 11344265955     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh931     Document Type: Article

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