Thermal denaturation of fluctuating DNA driven by bending entropy

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Palmeri, J ^a   Manghi, M ^a   Destainville, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CONFORMATIONS; DENATURATION; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; VISCOSITY;

BASE-PAIR STATES; MEAN-SQUARE-RADIUS; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; THERMAL CHAIN FLUCTUATIONS; TRANSFER KERNEL TECHNIQUES;

DNA;

DNA;

BASE PAIRING; DNA DENATURATION; ENTROPY; TEMPERATURE;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; ENTROPY; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34548244050     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.088103     Document Type: Article

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