Phase coexistence in a single DNA molecule

T. Strick, J.-F. Allemand, D. Bensimon, R. Lavery and V. Croquette

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1999, vol. 263, issue 1, 392-404

Abstract: A DNA molecule subjected to stretching or torsional stress can undergo cooperative phase transitions to new structures. For a supercoiled molecule, these structures coexist with canonical Watson-Crick B-DNA over a large range of forces and degrees of coiling. We will describe these stress-induced transitions and discuss the new structures and their possible biological relevance.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00540-8

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