DNA mechanics

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages 21-53

  Benham, Craig J ^a   Mielke, Steven P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA modeling; DNA supercoiling; DNA topology; Dynamics; Equilibria

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; TOPOLOGY;

DNA MODELING; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TOPOLOGY; EQUILIBRIA;

DNA;

DNA; POLYMER;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICS; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 23844470588     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.6.062403.132016     Document Type: Review

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