Chromatin simulations

Computational studies of RNA and DNA

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 605-634

  Langowski, J ^a   Schiessel, H ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; elasticity theory; Monte Carlo models; nucleosome unrolling; persistence length; single molecule stretching; Wormlike polymer chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873909965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4851-3_24     Document Type: Chapter

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