Tension-dependent structural deformation alters single-molecule transition kinetics
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Tension-dependent structural deformation alters single-molecule transition kinetics.
We analyze the response of a single nucleosome to tension, which serves as a prototypical biophysical measurement where tension-dependent deformation alters transition kinetics. We develop a statistical-mechanics model of a nucleosome as a wormlike chain bound to a spool, incorporating fluctuations in the number of bases bound, the spool orientation, and the conformations of the unbound polymer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010047108