Thermal force approach to molecular evolution

Physical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Braun, Dieter ^a   Libchaber, Albert ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENCAPSULATION; DNA REPLICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS;

BIOGENESIS; BIOPHYSICS; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33748561154     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3967/1/1/P01     Document Type: Review

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