Phenomenological modeling of DNA overstretching

Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 411-427

  Ogden, Ray W ^a,b   Saccomandi, Giuseppe ^c   Sgura, Ivonne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA overstretching; Force extension curve; limiting chain extensibility; nonlinear elasticity; nonlinear least squares; worm like chain formula

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052435494     PISSN: 14029251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S140292511100160X     Document Type: Article

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