Simulations of action of DNA topoisomerases to investigate boundaries and shapes of spaces of knots

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2968-2975

  Flammini, Alessandro ^a,b,c,d   Maritan, Amos ^b   Stasiak, Andrzej ^c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYCLIZATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, VIRAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 13244285443     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.045864     Document Type: Article

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