Theoretical analysis of the stress induced B-Z transition in superhelical DNA

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zhabinskaya, Dina ^a   Benham, Craig J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; FREE ENERGY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TRANSCRIPTION;

BASE PAIRS; DINUCLEOTIDES; DNA MOLECULES; FORMING REGION; NUCLEATION ENERGY; REPEAT UNITS; STRESS-INDUCED; SUPERHELICITY; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; TRANSCRIPTION START SITE;

DNA;

DNA B; DNA Z;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREDICTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; MICE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79551522264     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001051     Document Type: Article

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