Probability distribution analysis of force induced unzipping of DNA

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Kumar, Sanjay ^a,b   Giri, Debaprasad ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN BONDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; OSCILLATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EXACT ENUMERATION TECHNIQUE; FORCE INDUCED UNZIPPING; STACKING ENERGIES;

DNA;

DNA; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DNA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OSCILLOMETRY; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33746876752     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2219115     Document Type: Article

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