Sequence-dependent harmonic deformability of nucleic acids inferred from atomistic molecular dynamics

Computational Studies of RNA and DNA

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 559-577

  Lankaš, Filip ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

conformational fluctuations; DNA and RNA mechanics; flexibility; molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957274534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4851-3_22     Document Type: Chapter

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