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Opposing effects of multivalent ions on flexibility of DNA and RNA

Increasing concentration of counterions (salt) is known to reduce the bending persistence length of DNA. Here we use atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to predict that multivalent counterions have the opposite effect on double-stranded RNA, increasing its bending rigidity by at least 30%. This...

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Pubblicato in:Phys Rev Lett
Autori principali: Drozdetski, Aleksander V., Tolokh, Igor S., Pollack, Lois, Baker, Nathan, Onufriev, Alexey V.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493319/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27447528
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.028101
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