The contribution of transient counterion imbalances to DNA bending fluctuations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3208-3215

  Manning, Gerald S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; IONIC STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646158918     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.078865     Document Type: Article

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