DNA-DNA interaction beyond the ground state

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 12-

  Lee, D J ^a   Wynveen, A ^a   Kornyshev, A A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; GENES; GROUND STATE; HEURISTIC METHODS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DNA CRYSTALS; DNA-DNA INTERACTION; HARTREE APPROXIMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

DNA;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTUM THEORY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 41349095197     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051913     Document Type: Article

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