Ejection dynamics of polymeric chains from viral capsids: Effect of solvent quality

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4159-4164

  Ali, I ^a   Marenduzzo, D ^b   Yeomans, J M ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; SOLVENT; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

CAPSID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, VIRAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; RNA, VIRAL; SOLVENTS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 44849102419     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111963     Document Type: Article

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