Electronic transport in DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2187-2198

  Klotsa, Daphne ^a   Römer, Rudolf A ^a   Turner, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYDEOXYGUANINE POLYDEOXYCYTIDINE; RANDOM ATGC DNA; SYNTHETIC DNA; TELOMERIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; DNA BINDING; DNA LAMBDA; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; LOCALIZATION LENGTH; MODEL; RANDOM POTENTIAL;

EID: 25844476056     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.064014     Document Type: Article

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