DNA stress and strain, in silico, in vitro and in vivo

Physical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Levens, David ^a   Benham, Craig J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHROMATIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79956203219     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/8/3/035011     Document Type: Article

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