Model for folding and aggregation in RNA secondary structures.
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چکیده
We study the statistical mechanics of RNA secondary structures designed to have an attraction between two different types of structures as a model system for heteropolymer aggregation. The competition between the branching entropy of the secondary structure and the energy gained by pairing drives the RNA to undergo a "temperature independent" second order phase transition from a molten to an aggregated phase. The aggregated phase thus obtained has a macroscopically large number of contacts between different RNAs. The partition function scaling exponent for this phase is theta approximately 1/2 and the crossover exponent of the phase transition is nu approximately 5/3. The relevance of these calculations to the aggregation of biological molecules is discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 96 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006