Estimation of the persistence length of DNA from the torsion elastic constant and supercoiling free energy: Effect of ethylene glycol

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 13359-13366

  Rangel, David P ^a   Fujimoto, Bryant S ^a   Michael Schurr, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FREE ENERGY; GENES; GLYCOLS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL RELATIONS; DUPLEX DNAS; ENERGY PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; OPTIMUM VALUES; P VALUES; PERSISTENCE LENGTHS; SIMULATION ERRORS; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; SUPERCOILING; TWO DIFFERENT METHODS;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS;

EID: 55649120251     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp801526w     Document Type: Article

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