The stretched intermediate model of B-Z DNA transition

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1593-1607

  Lim, Wilber ^a   Feng, Yuan Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA B; DNA Z; OLIGOMER; RNA POLYMERASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENERGY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; ROTATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; TORQUE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA, Z-FORM; ELASTICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 21244504339     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.052027     Document Type: Article

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