The structure and intermolecular forces of DNA condensates

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2036-2046

  Yoo, Jejoong ^a   Aksimentiev, Aleksei ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCATION; VIRUS DNA; DNA; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; SPERMINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIFFUSION; DNA; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SODIUM; SPERMINE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 84963829808     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw081     Document Type: Article

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