Scaling of linking and writhing numbers for spherically confined and topologically equilibrated flexible polymers

DOI10.1007/s10955-011-0172-4zbMath1216.82064OpenAlexW2076541762WikidataQ42757723 ScholiaQ42757723MaRDI QIDQ540580

John F. Marko

Publication date: 3 June 2011

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc3115200

zbMATH Keywords

confined polymerspolymer topologychromosome structurechromosome topologypolymer statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20)

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