Stretching short DNAs in electrolytes

MCB Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-19

  Wang, Jizeng ^a   Fan, Xiaojun ^a   Gao, Huajian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROLYTES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULES; STIFFNESS;

DNA CHAINS; ELECTROSTATIC STIFFENING; SHORT DNA MOLECULE;

DNA;

DNA; ELECTROLYTE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELECTROLYTES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33745022679     PISSN: 15565297     EISSN: 15565300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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