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固体纳米孔对DNA的捕获统计

The Statistics of DNA Capture by a Solid-State Nanopore

Mirna Mihovilovic, Nick Hagerty, Derek Stein

摘要:

固态纳米孔可以捕获DNA分子并将其以折叠构型拉过。所得到的离子电流信号指示沿着其长度的DNA被捕获的位置。使用8 nm宽的纳米孔的统计研究揭示了有利于捕获分子末端附近的强烈偏向。一个理论模型表明,偏置是一个后果的构型熵,而不是一个搜索的聚合物的一个积极有利的配置。我们还量化的波动和长度依赖性的同时易位聚合物片段的速度从我们的研究折叠的DNA配置。

英文摘要:

A solid-state nanopore can electrophoretically capture a DNA molecule and pull it through in a folded configuration. The resulting ionic current signal indicates where along its length the DNA was captured. A statistical study using an 8 nm wide nanopore reveals a strong bias favoring the capture of molecules near their ends. A theoretical model shows that bias to be a consequence of configurational entropy, rather than a search by the polymer for an energetically favorable configuration. We also quantified the fluctuations and length-dependence of the speed of simultaneously translocating polymer segments from our study of folded DNA configurations.

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