BiophysicsPhysical review. EPeer-reviewed
Compaction and swelling of single stretched DNAs driven by molecular crowding
Paritosh Gupta, John F. Marko, Vittore F. Scolari
The paper develops a theory to predict how molecular crowding affects the extension of stretched DNA under tension, showing both compression and expansion effects depending on crowder density and size.
DOI 10.1103/9hdm-1lrv