Breathing dynamics in heteropolymer DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2674-2684

  Ambjörnsson, Tobias ^a,d   Banik, Suman K ^b   Krichevsky, Oleg ^c   Metzler, Ralf ^a,e  

^a NORDITA   (Denmark)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENSITY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DYNAMICS; GENE INTERACTION; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NANOANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 34147109694     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.095935     Document Type: Article

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