Piconewton-millisecond force steps reveal the transition kinetics and mechanism of the double-stranded DNA elongation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 866-874

  Bianco, Pasquale ^a   Bongini, Lorenzo ^b   Melli, Luca ^a   Dolfi, Mario ^a   Lombardi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA, VIRAL; KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052481397     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.06.039     Document Type: Article

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