A lattice polymer study of DNA renaturation dynamics

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Ferrantini, A ^a   Baiesi, M ^a,b   Carlon, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties (DNA, RNA, membranes, bio polymers) (theory); Polymer elasticity and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950280330     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/03/P03017     Document Type: Article

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