Is DNA a worm-like chain in Couette flow?: In search of persistence length, a critical review

Science Progress

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-204

  Rittman, Martyn ^a   Gilroy, Emma ^b   Koohy, Hashem ^a   Rodger, Alison ^b   Richards, Adair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; DNA flexibility; Kratky Porod; Kuhn length; Modelling; Worm like chains

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; DNA;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CATTLE; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 70349239158     PISSN: 00368504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/003685009X462205     Document Type: Article

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