Range of interaction between DNA-bending proteins is controlled by the second-longest correlation length for bending fluctuations

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Houyin ^a   Marko, John F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION LENGTHS; DNA ELASTICITY; DNA MOLECULES; EFFECTIVE INTERACTIONS; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; TANGENT VECTORS;

DNA; ELASTICITY; MOLECULES; PROTEINS;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84870937050     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.248301     Document Type: Article

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