Unraveling the tangled complexity of DNA: Combining mathematical modeling and experimental biology to understand replication, recombination and repair

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 108-135

  Robic, S ^a   Jungck, J R ^b  

^a AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA replication; DNA topology; Knot theory; linking number; mathematical manipulatives; recombination and repair; supercoiling; topoisomerases; Twist; undergraduate education; writhe

Indexed keywords

DNA REPLICATIONS; DNA TOPOLOGY; KNOT THEORY; LINKING NUMBERS; MATHEMATICAL MANIPULATIVES; RECOMBINATION AND REPAIR; SUPERCOILING; TOPOISOMERASES; TWIST; UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION; WRITHE;

DNA; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REPAIR; TEACHING; TELEPHONE CORDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY; TUBING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80054003027     PISSN: 09735348     EISSN: 17606101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/mmnp/20116607     Document Type: Article

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