Unifying thermodynamic and kinetic descriptions of single-molecule processes: RNA unfolding under tension

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 111, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 9598-9602

  Rubi, J M ^a   Bedeaux, D ^b   Kjelstrup, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONTINUUM OF STATES; QUASI-STATIONARY LIMIT; REACTION COORDINATES;

RNA;

EID: 34548274887     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp073413w     Document Type: Article

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