کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9727851 1480211 2005 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The pulling force of a single DNA molecule condensed by spermidine
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه ریاضیات فیزیک ریاضی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The pulling force of a single DNA molecule condensed by spermidine
چکیده انگلیسی
In a recent experiment, a single DNA double helix is stretched and relaxed in the presence of spermidine, a short positive polyelectrolyte, and the pulling force is measured as a function of DNA extension. In a certain range of spermidine concentration, a force plateau appears whose value shows maximum as a function of spermidine concentration. We present a quantitative theory of this plateau force based on the theory of reentrant condensation and derive almost parabolic behavior of the plateau force as a function of the logarithm of the spermidine concentration in the range of condensation. Our result is in good agreement with experimental data.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications - Volume 349, Issues 3–4, 15 April 2005, Pages 563-570
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