Analytic theory of DNA condensation
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چکیده
Since in living cells DNA is often packaged tightly, for instance, inside phage capsids, DNA condensation has drawn much attention [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] as well as its biochemical/medical importance in the emerging field of gene therapy. In fact, when we put condensing agents as multivalent cations into DNA solution, it can cause DNA to undergo the condensation from a worm-like chain (whip) to toroidal states [1, 2, 3, 4].
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