| Metastable tight knots in a wormlike polymer. | |
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PMID: 18233259 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Based on an estimate of the knot entropy of a wormlike chain we predict that the interplay of bending energy and confinement entropy will result in a compact metastable configuration of the knot that will diffuse, without spreading, along the contour of the semiflexible polymer until it reaches one of the chain ends. Our estimate of the size of the knot as a function of its topological invariant (ideal aspect ratio) agrees with recent experimental results of knotted dsDNA. Further experimental tests of our ideas are proposed. |
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Authors:
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Alexander Y Grosberg; Yitzhak Rabin |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2007-11-20 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Physical review letters Volume: 99 ISSN: 0031-9007 ISO Abbreviation: Phys. Rev. Lett. Publication Date: 2007 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-01-31 Completed Date: 2008-05-27 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401141 Medline TA: Phys Rev Lett Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 217801 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, 116 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. |
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DNA
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chemistry Entropy Models, Chemical* Molecular Conformation Polymers / chemistry* |
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0/Polymers; 9007-49-2/DNA |
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