Temperature dependence of the dna double helix at the nanoscale: Structure, elasticity, and fluctuations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1904-1914

  Meyer, Sam ^a   Jost, Daniel ^a   Theodorakopoulos, Nikos ^b,c   Peyrard, Michel ^a   Lavery, Richard ^d   Everaers, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NANOMATERIAL; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE; THYMINE;

EID: 84886052484     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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