Visualizing structure-mediated interactions in supercoiled DNA molecules
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Supercoiled DNA: Structure
Supercoiling is introduced into DNAmolecules when the double helix is twisted around its own axis in three-dimensional space. Generally, DNAmolecules are negatively supercoiled inside cells, although the level of supercoiling is not equal throughout the genome and many supercoils may be constrained by bound proteins. Supercoiling increases the free energy of DNA and influences DNA metabolism by...
متن کاملMicromechanics of Single Supercoiled Dna Molecules
The theory of the mechanical response of single DNA molecules under stretching and twisting stresses is reviewed. Using established results for the the semiflexible polymer including the effect of torsional stress, and for the free energy of plectonemic supercoils, a theory of coexisting plectonemic and extended DNA is constructed and shown to produce phenomena observed experimentally. Analytic...
متن کاملElectrophoretic mobility of supercoiled, catenated and knotted DNA molecules
We systematically varied conditions of two-dimensional (2D) agarose gel electrophoresis to optimize separation of DNA topoisomers that differ either by the extent of knotting, the extent of catenation or the extent of supercoiling. To this aim we compared electrophoretic behavior of three different families of DNA topoisomers: (i) supercoiled DNA molecules, where supercoiling covered the range ...
متن کاملThe Structure of Supercoiled Intermediates in DNA Replication
We studied the structure of replication intermediates accumulated by Tus-induced arrest of plasmid DNA replication at termination sites. For intermediates generated both in vitro with purified components and in vivo, superhelical stress is distributed throughout the entire partially replicated molecule; daughter DNA segments are wound around each other, and the unreplicated region is supercoile...
متن کاملAnharmonic stacking in supercoiled DNA.
Multistep denaturation in a short circular DNA molecule is analyzed by a mesoscopic Hamiltonian model which accounts for the helicoidal geometry. Computation of melting profiles by the path integral method suggests that stacking anharmonicity stabilizes the double helix against thermal disruption of the hydrogen bonds. Twisting is essential in the model to capture the importance of nonlinear ef...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nucleic Acids Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0305-1048,1362-4962
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky266