Architecture of Platonic and Archimedean polyhedral links

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Qiu, Wenyuan ^a   Zhai, Xindong ^a   Qiu, Yuanyuan ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DNA catenane; Knot theory; Polyhedral link; Polyhedron; Protein catenane; Truncated polyhedron

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DNA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; SOLIDS;

DNA CATENANE; KNOT THEORY; POLYHEDRAL LINKS; POLYHEDRON; PROTEIN CATENANE; TRUNCATED POLYHEDRON;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 37649012281     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-008-0018-3     Document Type: Article

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