On bifurcations of equilibria of intrinsically curved, electrically charged, rod-like structures that model DNA molecules in solution

Journal of Elasticity

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 187-210

  Biton, Yoav Y ^a   Coleman, Bernard D ^a   Swigon, David ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation theory; Electrically charged rod like structures; Sequence dependent DNA elasticity

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CHARGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLUTIONS;

BIFURCATION THEORY; ELECTRICALLY CHARGED ROD-LIKE STRUCTURES; SEQUENCE DEPENDENT DNA ELASTICITY;

DNA;

EID: 34250683788     PISSN: 03743535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10659-007-9103-7     Document Type: Article

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