FRETmatrix: A general methodology for the simulation and analysis of FRET in nucleic acids

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Preus, Søren ^a   Kilså, Kristine ^a   Miannay, Francois Alexandre ^b,c   Albinsson, Bo ^b   Wilhelmsson, L Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA, B-FORM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84871777087     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks856     Document Type: Article

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