Generalized theory of semiflexible polymers

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Wiggins, Paul A ^a   Nelson, Philip C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC INFORMATION; POLYMER MECHANICS; SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERS; WORMLIKE CHAIN (WLC) MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTEINS;

POLYMERS;

BIOPOLYMER; DNA;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELASTICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33644791019     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.031906     Document Type: Article

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