Can reliable torsion elastic constants be determined from FPA data on 24 and 27 base-pair DNAs?

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-55

  Fujimoto, Bryant S ^a   Schurr, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; FPA; Torsion elastic constant

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; OLIGOMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; ELASTICITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANISOTROPY; BASE PAIRING; DNA; ELASTICITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION;

EID: 19444361808     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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