Diffusion and Electrophoretic Mobility of Single-Stranded RNA from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 681-689

  Yeh, In Chul ^a   Hummer, Gerhard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 1142310690     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74147-8     Document Type: Article

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