Geometry and physics of knots

DOI10.1038/384142a0zbMath1369.57010OpenAlexW4376848335WikidataQ57015883 ScholiaQ57015883MaRDI QIDQ5354390

Andrzej Stasiak, Jacques Dubochet, Didier Michoud, Vsevolod Katritch, R. Scharein, Jan Bednar

Publication date: 1 September 2017

Published in: Nature (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/384142a0

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20)

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