Supercoiling and local denaturation of plasmids with a minimalist DNA model

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 13197-13200

  Trovato, Fabio ^a   Tozzini, Valentina ^a  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENATURATION; DNA; DYNAMICS; GENES; METASTABLE PHASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ATOM SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; CONFIGURATION SPACES; DNA MODELS; FORCE FIELDS; GRAINED MODELS; METASTABLE PHASE; MICROSECOND DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARAMETRIZATION; PREDICTIVE POWERS; SHORT TIME SCALES; STRUCTURAL DATUMS; SUB MICROMETERS; SUPERCOILING; SUPERHELICAL DENSITIES; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; TIME SCALES; TRANSCRIPTION PROCESSES;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 55649107745     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp807085d     Document Type: Article

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