The Euclidean Steiner Ratio and the measure of chirality of biomacromolecules

The study of Euclidean Steiner Trees is one of the alternative methods to unveil Nature's plans for the internal architecture of biomacromolecules. Recently, the minimum surface structure of the A-DNA and of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus was shown to be described by a "strake" surface. The...

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Main Author: R. P. Mondaini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2004-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572004000400030