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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry letters2016

Sequence Affects the Cyclization of DNA Minicircles.

Qian Wang, B Montgomery Pettitt

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Qian WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch , Galveston, Texas 77555-0304, United States.
B Montgomery PettittDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch , Galveston, Texas 77555-0304, United States.

Funding

DNA Near Surfaces in Saline Solution: Theory for DesignR01GM066813 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI PETTITT, BERNARD MONTGOMERY · 2004 to 2017
$3.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM 066813NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066813
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how the sequence of a DNA molecule affects its dynamic properties is a central problem affecting biochemistry and biotechnology. The process of cyclizing short DNA, as a critical step in molecular cloning, lacks a comprehensive picture of the kinetic process containing sequence information. We have elucidated this process by using coarse-grained simulations, enhanced sampling methods, and recent theoretical advances. We are able to identify the types and positions of structural defects during the looping process at a base-pair level. Correlations along a DNA molecule dictate critical sequence positions that can affect the looping rate. Structural defects change the bending elasticity of the DNA molecule from a harmonic to subharmonic potential with respect to bending angles. We explore the subelastic chain as a possible model in loop formation kinetics. A sequence-dependent model is developed to qualitatively predict the relative loop formation time as a function of DNA sequence.

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Base SequenceCyclizationDNA, CircularMolecular Dynamics SimulationPoint MutationDNA, Circular

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PMID26938490
PMCPMC5297252

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