Transition dynamics and selection of the distinct S-DNA and strand unpeeling modes of double helix overstretching

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3473-3481

  Fu, Hongxia ^a   Chen, Hu ^a,b   Zhang, Xinghua ^b   Qu, Yuanyuan ^b   Marko, John F ^c   Yan, Jie ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; DNA; GC RICH SEQUENCE; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 79955573136     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1278     Document Type: Article

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