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聚合物DNA的弹性和静电性质

Elasticity and electrostatics of plectonemic DNA

N. Clauvelin, B. Audoly, S. Neukirch

摘要:

我们提出了一个独立的理论,在单分子实验中的DNA的机械响应。我们的模型是基于一个一维连续描述的DNA分子,并占其弹性和DNA-DNA静电相互作用。我们认为经典的加载几何实验中使用的分子的一端连接到一个基板和其他一个被拉的拉力和扭曲的一个给定的圈数。我们专注于配置相关的限制,大量的匝数,这是由两个阶段,一个与线性DNA和超螺旋DNA的其他之一。该模型考虑了线性相的热涨落和超螺旋相的静电相互作用。的扭转应力的值,超螺旋半径和角度,和实验的延伸-旋转曲线的关键功能,即线性区域的斜率和热屈曲阈值,进行预测。它们被发现与实验数据吻合得很好。

英文摘要:

We present a self-contained theory for the mechanical response of DNA in single molecule experiments. Our model is based on a 1D continuum description of the DNA molecule and accounts both for its elasticity and for DNA-DNA electrostatic interactions. We consider the classical loading geometry used in experiments where one end of the molecule is attached to a substrate and the other one is pulled by a tensile force and twisted by a given number of turns. We focus on configurations relevant to the limit of a large number of turns, which are made up of two phases, one with linear DNA and the other one with superhelical DNA. The model takes into account thermal fluctuations in the linear phase and electrostatic interactions in the superhelical phase. The values of the torsional stress, of the supercoiling radius and angle, and key features of the experimental extension-rotation curves, namely the slope of the linear region and thermal buckling threshold, are predicted. They are found in good agreement with experimental data.

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