Statistical mechanics of supercoils and the torsional stiffness of the DNA double helix

Theory of elasticity

1951 • 6,065 citations

The Writhing Number of a Space Curve

1971 • 754 citations

Self-Linking and the Gauss Integral in Higher Dimensions

1969 • 667 citations

Conformational fluctuations of DNA helix.

1975 • 562 citations

Action of nicking-closing enzyme on supercoiled and nonsupercoiled closed circular DNA: formation of a Boltzmann distribution of topological isomers.

1975 • 378 citations

Decomposition of the linking number of a closed ribbon: A problem from molecular biology

1978 • 353 citations

STRUCTURE AND REACTIONS OF CLOSED DUPLEX DNA

1978 • 316 citations

Linking numbers and nucleosomes.

1976 • 291 citations

How many base-pairs per turn does DNA have in solution and in chromatin? Some theoretical calculations.

1978 • 286 citations

On isotopy classes of three dimmensional knots and their invariants

1961 • 277 citations

The problems of eukaryotic and prokaryotic DNA packaging and in vivo conformation posed by superhelix density heterogeneity

1977 • 233 citations

Flexibility of DNA

1974 • 224 citations

Statistical mechanics and topology of polymer chains

1975 • 218 citations

Anisotropic flexibility of DNA and the nucleosomal structure

1979 • 206 citations

Effects of Na⁺ and Mg⁺⁺ ions on the helix–coil transition of DNA

1975 • 200 citations

Transient electric dichroism of rod-like DNA molecules.

1978 • 195 citations

Packaging of DNA in bacteriophage Heads: Some considerations on energetics

1978 • 172 citations

Sedimentation of homogeneous double-strand DNA molecules

1977 • 158 citations

Supercoiling energy and nucleosome formation: the role of the arginine-rich histone kernel

1977 • 151 citations

Photon correlation spectroscopy, total intensity light scattering with laser radiation, and hydrodynamic studies of a well fractionated DNA sample

1976 • 130 citations

The flexibility of low molecular weight double-stranded dna as a function of length

1976 • 118 citations

Possibility of nonkinked packing of DNA in chromatin.

1978 • 91 citations

Different families of double‐stranded conformations of DNA as revealed by computer calculations

1978 • 78 citations

Fluctuational opening of the double helix as revealed by theoretical and experimental study of DNA interaction with formaldehyde

1976 • 72 citations

Conformational Changes in DNA Molecules

1974 • 62 citations

Characterization of rodlike DNA fragments

1975 • 59 citations

Relationship between the energy of superhelix formation, the shear modulus, and the torsional brownian motion of DNA

1978 • 40 citations

Some Integral Formulas for Space Curves and Their Generalization

1968 • 40 citations

A simple model of DNA superhelices in solution.

1978 • 38 citations

The statistics of superhelicity

1978 • 29 citations

On conformations of the superhelix structure

1977 • 25 citations

The effect of the superhelicity on the double helix twist angle in DNA

1979 • 11 citations