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DNA折叠成核小体和染色质的动力学研究

Folding DNA into nucleosome and chromatin: dynamics

Thomas C. Bishop, Oleksandr O. Zhmudsky

摘要:

本文提出了一个计算DNA折叠成核小体和染色质的近似能量和动力学性质的理论框架。为了这个目的,实验确定的线性DNA的弹性常数和一个简单的折叠几何假定推导出常数的高阶折叠。该模型预测正确的数量级为实验确定的杨氏模量和剪切模量凝聚染色质。因此,我们已经证明,DNA的弹性性质是每个折叠状态的弹性性质的主要决定因素。导出的弹性常数,然后用来预测小振幅波的传播速度。结果表明,在每一种折叠状态下都可以激发出伸缩波、扭转波、弯曲波和剪切波。

英文摘要:

A theoretical framework for evaluating the approximate energy and dynamic properties associated with the folding of DNA into nucleosomes and chromatin is presented. For this purpose experimentally determined elastic constants of linear DNA and a simple fold geometry are assumed to derive constants for the higher order folding. The model predicts the correct order of magnitude for the experimentally determined Young's and shear modulus of condensed chromatin. Thus we have demonstrated that the elastic properties of DNA are the primary determinant of the elastic properties of each folded state. The derived elastic constants are then used to predict the speed of propagation of small amplitude waves. It is shown that extension/compression, twist, bend or shear waves can be excite in each folded state.

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