DNA bending through large angles is aided by ionic screening

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2145-2156

  Spiriti, Justin ^a   Kamberaj, Hiqmet ^b   De Graff, Adam M R ^c,d   Thorpe, M F ^c   Van Der Vaart, Arjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b International Balkan University   (Macedonia)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862168795     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct300177r     Document Type: Article

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