Screwlike order, macroscopic chirality, and elastic distortions in high-density DNA mesophases

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Manna, F ^a   Lorman, V ^a   Podgornik, R ^b,c,d   Zeks B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CHIRALITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

DNA MESOPHASES; MACROSCOPIC CHIRALITY; SCREW FLUCTUATIONS;

DNA;

EID: 33947214351     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.030901     Document Type: Article

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