Abrupt buckling transition observed during the plectoneme formation of individual DNA molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Forth, Scott ^a   Deufel, Christopher ^a,b   Sheinin, Maxim Y ^a   Daniels, Bryan ^a   Sethna, James P ^a   Wang, Michelle D ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BUCKLING; ELASTICITY; TORQUE;

BUCKLING TRANSITION; PLECTONEME FORMATION;

DNA;

EID: 41949110996     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.148301     Document Type: Article

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