The role of DNA twist in the packaging of viral genomes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Rollins, Geoffrey C ^a   Petrov, Anton S ^a   Harvey, Stephen C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DNA PACKAGING; GENETICS; LETTER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 41449113042     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.126698     Document Type: Article

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