Energetics at the DNA supercoiling transition

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1267-1276

  Brutzer, Hergen ^a   Luzzietti, Nicholas ^a   Klaue, Daniel ^a   Seidel, Ralf ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME; INORGANIC SALT; ION; KINKED DNA;

BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; MAGNETISM; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; TORQUE;

BIOPHYSICS; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ENZYMES; IONS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SALTS; TEMPERATURE; TORQUE;

EID: 77950659882     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4292     Document Type: Article

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