Nucleation of multiple buckled structures in intertwined DNA double helices
S. Brahmachari, K. H. Gunn, R. D. Giuntoli, A. Mondragon, J. F. Marko
The paper investigates the statistical-mechanical behavior of intertwined DNA double helices, finding that torsionally stressed braids undergo an abrupt buckling transition with nucleation of end loops and multiple domains.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2017Biophysics