Single DNA conformations and biological function

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-49

  Metzler, Ralf ^a,b   Ambjörnsson, Tobias ^a,c   Hanke, Andreas ^d,f   Zhang, Yongli ^e   Levene, Stephen ^f  

^a NORDITA   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; DNA denaturation; DNA looping; Gene regulation; Knots; Single molecules

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DENATURATION; DNA; GENES; MOLECULES;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DNA LOOPING; GENE REGULATION;

NANOSCIENCE;

EID: 34247495997     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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