Modelling the biomechanical properties of DNA using computer simulation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1849, 2006, Pages 3319-3334

  Harris, Sarah Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; DNA; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845619575     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1906     Document Type: Article

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