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- Closure dynamics of DNA denaturation bubbles governed by torsional elasticity hal link

Auteur(s): Manghi Manoel, Dasanna Anil, Destainville Nicolas, Palmeri J.

(Affiches/Poster) Liquids 2014 (9th Liquid Matter Conference) (Lisbon, PT), 2014-07-21


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Résumé:

The closure of long equilibrated denaturation bubbles in DNA is studied using Brownian dynamics simulations. A minimal mesoscopic model is used where the double helix is made of two interacting bead-spring freely rotating strands, with a nonzero torsional modulus in the duplex state.