Publications
Title:
Effect of twisting on the behavior of a double-stranded polymer chain: A Monte Carlo simulation
Language: | English |
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Type: | Article |
Authors: | Yuri S. Velichko, Kenichi Yoshikawa and Alexei R. Khokhlov |
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Journal: | Journal of Chemical Physics |
ISSN: | 0021-9606 |
Volume: | 111 |
Number: | 20 |
Month: | 11 |
Year: | 1999 |
Actual year: | 1999 |
Pages: | 9424–9433 |
doi: | 10.1063/1.480035 |
bibtex id: | 209_1999_JCP_Velichko |
Abstract: | DNA and some proteins have a multistranded chain structure and exhibit characteristic tertiary structures due to twisting or anisotropic rigidity. We studied the effect of chain twisting on the behavior of a circular double-stranded polymer chain using a Monte Carlo simulation with bond fluctuation model. We found that there are two regimes for the chain conformation, depending on its twisting. In the first regime, with weak twisting, a circular chain behaves like a coiled linear chain. In the second regime, the chain shows scaling dependencies characterized by supercoiled structures. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. |
Acknowledgment: |
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"Effect of twisting on the behavior of a double-stranded polymer chain: A Monte Carlo simulation" Yuri S. Velichko, Kenichi Yoshikawa and Alexei R. Khokhlov, Journal of Chemical Physics, 111(20), 9424–9433 (1999) | detail publisher doi:10.1063/1.480035 |
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