Mechanical properties of DNA-like polymers

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 10593-10604

  Peters, Justin P ^a   Yelgaonkar, Shweta P ^b   Srivatsan, Seergazhi G ^b   Tor, Yitzhak ^c   James Maher, L ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; CATION; DNA; DNA LIKE POLYMER; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STIFFNESS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AND NUCLEIC ACID PARAMETERS; ION EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DNA; POLYMERS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84890422388     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt808     Document Type: Article

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