B-DNA under stress: Over- and untwisting of DNA during molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2956-2965

  Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan ^a   Kohlhoff, Kai ^a,b   Zacharias, Martin ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA B; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIMULATION; STRESS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33749524793     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.087163     Document Type: Article

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