Condensed states of a semiflexible homopolymer: Ordered globules and toroids

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 339, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Cooke, I R ^a   Williams, D R M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics simulation; DNA condensation; Phase transition; Semiflexible polymer; Toroids

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DNA; HEAVY IONS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POSITIVE IONS; SOLVENTS; STIFFNESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATION; DNA CONDENSATION; SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMER; TOROIDS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 2942541592     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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