Twist-Bend Coupling and the Torsional Response of Double-Stranded DNA
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Twist-Bend Coupling and the Torsional Response of Double-Stranded DNA.
Recent magnetic tweezers experiments have reported systematic deviations of the twist response of double-stranded DNA from the predictions of the twistable wormlike chain model. Here we show, by means of analytical results and computer simulations, that these discrepancies can be resolved if a coupling between twist and bend is introduced. We obtain an estimate of 40±10 nm for the twist-bend c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.217801