Probing the mechanical unzipping of DNA

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Voulgarakis, N K ^a   Redondo, A ^a   Bishop, A R ^a   Rasmussen, K O ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FORCE-TEMPERATURE PHASE DIAGRAM; MICROMECHANICAL UNZIPPING; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; UNZIPPING SPEED;

DNA;

DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE PAIRING; DNA; DNA, VIRAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION;

EID: 33745337111     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.248101     Document Type: Article

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