Molecular dynamics simulations of duplex stretching reveal the importance of entropy in determining the biomechanical properties of DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1684-1691

  Harris, Sarah A ^a   Sands, Zara A ^b,c   Laughton, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DENATURATION; ENERGY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; STIMULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 21244498669     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.046912     Document Type: Article

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