Resolving the sequence-dependent stiffness of DNA using cyclization experiments and a computational rod model

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 5 PART C, Issue , 2008, Pages 1457-1465

  Goyal, Sachin ^a,b   Perkins, Noel C ^a,c   Meiners, Jens Christian ^c  

^a ASME

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIZATION; DEFORMATION; DESIGN; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION;

BASE PAIR SEQUENCES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CYCLIZATIONS; GENES EXPRESSION; LOOP CLOSURE; PROPERTY; ROD MODEL; SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 44949122685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2802582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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