Diffusion-based DNA target colocalization by thermodynamic mechanisms

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3877-3885

  Scialdone, Antonio ^a   Nicodemi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular bases of genome organization; Statistical mechanics; Theoretical models

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; DNA BINDING; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PASSIVE DIFFUSION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EUKARYOTA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DNA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78149259827     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.053322     Document Type: Article

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