Theory of the influence of changes in salt concentration on the configuration of intrinsically curved, impenetrable, rod-like structures modeling DNA minicircles

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 735-755

  Biton, Yoav Y ^a   Coleman, Bernard D ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation theory; DNA elasticity; Electrically charged rod like structures

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRS; BIFURCATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION OF; COUNTERIONS; DNA ELASTICITY; DNA MINICIRCLES; DNA MOLECULES; DNA STRANDS; DOUBLE-HELICAL; ELASTIC FORCE; ELECTRONIC CHARGES; EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATION; MINIMUM ENERGY CONFIGURATION; PHOSPHATE GROUP; POSITIVELY CHARGED; RADIUS OF GYRATION; ROD-LIKE STRUCTURES; SALT CONCENTRATION;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; GENES; MOLECULES;

DNA;

EID: 77955510846     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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