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arXiv 0705.1470cond-mat.soft
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长链聚合物的无规环模型

A Random Loop Model for Long Polymers

Manfred Bohn, Dieter W. Heermann, Roel van Driel

摘要:

虽然染色质的结构已经在30 nm以下的长度尺度上进行了非常详细的研究,但令人惊讶的是,对染色质在间期的高阶折叠基序知之甚少。最近的实验证明,折叠可能局部依赖于基因密度和转录活性,并显示出在长距离处的水平,大约$<R^2> \sim O(1)$。我们提出了一个新的模型,可以解释这种平稳的随机循环的形成。我们推导出一个分析表达式的两个珠子之间的均方位移的平均值是采取了一个固定的,但随机的环路配置的热合奏,而淬火平均超过合奏不同的环路配置-这原来是相当于平均超过合奏的随机矩阵-进行数值。对该模型的详细研究表明,所有尺度上的循环都是拟合实验数据所必需的。

英文摘要:

While the structure of chromatin has been studied in great detail on length scales below 30 nm, amazingly little is known about the higher-order folding motifs of chromatin in interphase. Recent experiments give evidence that the folding may depend locally on gene density and transcriptional activity and show a leveling-off at long distances where approximately $<R^2> \sim O(1)$. We propose a new model that can explain this leveling-off by the formation of random loops. We derive an analytical expression for the mean square displacement between two beads where the average is taken over the thermal ensemble with a fixed but random loop configuration, while quenched averaging over the ensemble of different loop configurations -- which turns out to be equivalent to averaging over an ensemble of random matrices -- is performed numerically. A detailed investigation of this model shows that loops on all scales are necessary to fit experimental data.

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