Elastic energy driven polymerization.

Abstract:

:We present a molecular system where polymerization is controlled externally by tuning the elastic energy of the monomers. The elastic energy, provided by a DNA molecular spring, destabilizes the monomer state through a process analogous to domain swapping. This energy can be large (of approximately 10 kT) and thus drive polymerization at relatively low monomer concentrations. The monomer-dimer equilibrium provides a measurement of the elastic energy of the monomer, which in this construction appears limited by kink formation in the DNA molecular spring, in accord with previous theoretical and experimental investigations of the elasticity of sharply bent DNA.

journal_name

Biophys J

journal_title

Biophysical journal

authors

Wang A,Zocchi G

doi

10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.065

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-03-18 00:00:00

pages

2344-52

issue

6

eissn

0006-3495

issn

1542-0086

pii

S0006-3495(09)00316-6

journal_volume

96

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