Modelling DNA at the mesoscale: A challenge for nonlinear science?

Nonlinearity

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Peyrard, Michel ^a   Cuesta López, Santiago ^a   James, Guillaume ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 44949083455     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: 13616544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/21/6/T02     Document Type: Article

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