Coarse-grained modelling of strong DNA bending II: Cyclization
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Ryan M. Harrison,1 Flavio Romano,1 Thomas E. Ouldridge,2, 3 Ard A. Louis,2 and Jonathan P. K. Doye1 1Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom 2Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, United Kingdom 3Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, 180 Queen’s Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom (Dated: 1st July 2015)
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تاریخ انتشار 2015