Structural Basis for Elastic Mechanical Properties of the DNA Double Helix.

In this article, we investigate the principal structural features of the DNA double helix and their effects on its elastic mechanical properties. We develop, in the pursuit of this purpose, a helical continuum model consisting of a soft helical core and two stiff ribbons wrapping around it. The prop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Young-Joo Kim, Do-Nyun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4824394?pdf=render