ArticleBiophysical journal2011
Electrostatic braiding and homologous pairing of DNA double helices.
Article in Biophysical journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Nucleation of Multiple Buckled Structures in Intertwined DNA Double Helices.Physical review letters · 2017Article
- Torque and buckling in stretched intertwined double-helix DNAs.Physical review. E · 2017Article
- Evidence of protein-free homology recognition in magnetic bead force-extension experiments.Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2016Article
- A computational study of dsDNA pairs and vibrational resonance in separating water.Systems and synthetic biology · 2014Article
- Structure-driven homology pairing of chromatin fibers: the role of electrostatics and protein-induced bridging.Journal of biological physics · 2013Article
- Helical structure determines different susceptibilities of dsDNA, dsRNA, and tsDNA to counterion-induced condensation.Biophysical journal · 2013Article
- DNA movies and panspermia.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2011Article
- Electric Field of DNA in Solution: Who Is in Charge?Physical review. XArticle
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Abstract
Homologous pairing and braiding (supercoiling) have crucial effects on genome organization, maintenance, and evolution. Generally, the pairing and braiding processes are discussed in different contexts, independently of each other. However, analysis of electrostatic interactions between DNA double helices suggests that in some situations these processes may be related. Here we present a theory of DNA braiding that accounts for the elastic energy of DNA double helices as well as for the chiral nature of the discrete helical patterns of DNA charges. This theory shows that DNA braiding may be affected, stabilized, or even driven by chiral electrostatic interactions. For example, electrostatically driven braiding may explain the surprising recent observation of stable pairing of homologous double-stranded DNA in solutions containing only monovalent salt. Electrostatic stabilization of left-handed braids may stand behind the chiral selectivity of type II topoisomerases and positive plasmid supercoiling in hyperthermophilic bacteria and archea.
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