KINETICS OF POLYMER CYCLIZATION REACTION AND NOVEL COVALENT DNA CROSS-LINKING ASSAYS

In this dissertation I first do an extensive review of polymer cyclization kinetics. Different theories of polymer cyclization kinetics, their assumptions and their predictions are presented along with the predictions of computer simulations. In addition, the experimental results for synthetic and biological polymers are summarized.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics & Astronomy

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Afra, Reza

Contributors dc:contributor

• Brian Alexander Todd
• Kenneth P. Ritchie
• Paul F. Muzikar
• Nikolai R. Skrynnikov

• Cross-linking
• Cyclization
• Diffusion
• DNA
• Kinetics
• Reaction

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1333

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2549