Charge structure and counterion distribution in hexagonal DNA liquid crystal

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 947-958

  Dai, Liang ^a   Mu, Yuguang ^b   Nordenskiöld, Lars ^b   Lapp, Alain ^c   Van Der Maarel, Johan R C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DNA STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846837269     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.095745     Document Type: Article

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