On the stability of fractal globules

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 138, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Schram, Raoul D ^a   Barkema, Gerard T ^a,b   Schiessel, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA MOLECULES; EQUILIBRIUM CONFORMATION; MOLTEN GLOBULE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; POLYMER COLLAPSE; POLYMER CONFORMATION; SELF-SIMILAR;

CONFORMATIONS; FRACTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

POLYMERS;

DNA; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ARTICLE;

DNA; FRACTALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERS;

EID: 84879074024     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807723     Document Type: Article

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