title: Topological aspects of DNA function and protein folding.
abstract: The Topological Aspects of DNA Function and Protein Folding international meeting provided an interdisciplinary forum for biological scientists, physicists and mathematicians to discuss recent developments in the application of topology to the study of DNA and protein structure. It had 111 invited participants, 48 talks and 21 posters. The present article discusses the importance of topology and introduces the articles from the meeting's speakers.
authors.affiliation: Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. andrzej.stasiak@unil.ch
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stasiak
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Dorothy E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Buck
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: De Witt
authors.initials: de W
authors.lastname: Sumners
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004278:DNA, Superhelical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D004278:DNA, Superhelical; D011506:Proteins; D004247:DNA