Physics of base-pairing dynamics in DNA

M Manghi, N Destainville - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
As a key molecule of life, Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid (DNA) is the focus of numbers of
investigations with the help of biological, chemical and physical techniques. From a physical …

Linking in domain-swapped protein dimers

M Baiesi, E Orlandini, A Trovato, F Seno - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The presence of knots has been observed in a small fraction of single-domain proteins and
related to their thermodynamic and kinetic properties. The exchanging of identical structural …

Dynamical scaling and phase coexistence in topologically constrained dna melting

YAG Fosado, D Michieletto, D Marenduzzo - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
There is a long-standing experimental observation that the melting of topologically
constrained DNA, such as circular closed plasmids, is less abrupt than that of linear …

Hotter isn't faster for a melting RNA hairpin

H Li, EM Bahçeci, M Sayar, A Kabakçıoğlu - ar**, crossover, and braiding of DNA mediated by asymmetric bend-writhe elasticity
T Yanao, S Sano, K Yoshikawa - AIMS Biophysics, 2015 - aimspress.com
Wrap**, crossover, and braiding of DNA are the motifs of fundamental interest in genome
packaging, gene regulation, and enzyme recognition. This study explores elastic …