Computational elastic rod model applied to DNA looping

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 1449-1456

  Lillian, Todd D ^a   Perkins, N C ^a,b   Goyal, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ASME

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; APPLIED (CO); CELLULAR FUNCTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DNA LOOPING; E. COLI; ELASTIC RODS; GENETIC INFORMATION; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEARITIES; INHERENT FLEXIBILITY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; LOOPED CONFORMATIONS; MULTI-BODY SYSTEM (MBS); MULTIPLE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DNA; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MECHANICS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; STRAIN ENERGY; SUGARS; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 44949179469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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