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ArticlePLoS computational biology2022

Pairing statistics and melting of random DNA oligomers: Finding your partner in superdiverse environments.

Simone Di Leo, Stefano Marni, Carlos A Plata, Tommaso P Fraccia, Gregory P Smith, Amos Maritan, Samir Suweis, Tommaso Bellini

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Simone Di LeoDipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Stefano MarniDipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8441-3002
Carlos A PlataFísica Teórica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4116-6854
Tommaso P FracciaInstitut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, CBI UMR 8231, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9638-4269
Gregory P SmithDepartment of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2333-5420
Amos MaritanDipartimento di Fisica 'G. Galilei', INFN, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.
Samir SuweisDipartimento di Fisica 'G. Galilei', INFN, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1603-8375
Tommaso BelliniDipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4898-4400

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Abstract

Understanding of the pairing statistics in solutions populated by a large number of distinct solute species with mutual interactions is a challenging topic, relevant in modeling the complexity of real biological systems. Here we describe, both experimentally and theoretically, the formation of duplexes in a solution of random-sequence DNA (rsDNA) oligomers of length L = 8, 12, 20 nucleotides. rsDNA solutions are formed by 4L distinct molecular species, leading to a variety of pairing motifs that depend on sequence complementarity and range from strongly bound, fully paired defectless helices to weakly interacting mismatched duplexes. Experiments and theory coherently combine revealing a hybridization statistics characterized by a prevalence of partially defected duplexes, with a distribution of type and number of pairing errors that depends on temperature. We find that despite the enormous multitude of inter-strand interactions, defectless duplexes are formed, involving a fraction up to 15% of the rsDNA chains at the lowest temperatures. Experiments and theory are limited here to equilibrium conditions.

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DNANucleic Acid ConformationNucleic Acid HybridizationSolutionsTemperatureThermodynamicsDNASolutions

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PMCPMC9022813

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