Chromosome, cell cycle, and entropy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 785-786

  Jun, Suckjoon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA SUPERCOILING; POLYMER;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DEVICES; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HARDNESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANELLES; POLYMERS;

EID: 84923241784     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.12.032     Document Type: Short Survey

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