Persistency of single-stranded DNA: The interplay between base sequences and base stacking

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 679-687

  Sain, Anirban ^a   Chen, Jeff Z Y ^b   Ha, Bae Yeun ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Persistence length; Sequences; Single stranded DNA; Stacking interaction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

PERSISTENCE LENGTH; SEQUENCES; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA; STACKING INTERACTION;

DNA;

EID: 33745745909     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.084     Document Type: Article

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