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Effective stiffening of DNA due to nematic ordering causes DNA molecules packed in phage capsids to preferentially form torus knots

Observation that DNA molecules in bacteriophage capsids preferentially form torus type of knots provided a sensitive gauge to evaluate various models of DNA arrangement in phage heads. Only models resulting in a preponderance of torus knots could be considered as close to reality. Recent studies rev...

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Autores principales: Reith, Daniel, Cifra, Peter, Stasiak, Andrzej, Virnau, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22362732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gks157