Simulating the entropic collapse of coarse-grained chromosomes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 810-820

  Shendruk, Tyler N ^a   Bertrand, Martin ^b   De Haan, Hendrick W ^c   Harden, James L ^b   Slater, Gary W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION;

EID: 84923248039     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.3487     Document Type: Article

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