Monte Carlo simulations of protein assembly, disassembly, and linear motion on DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4560-4569

  Van Der Heijden, Thijn ^a,b   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; PROTEIN BINDING; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 58149288325     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.135061     Document Type: Article

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