Stiffer double-stranded DNA in two-dimensional confinement due to bending anisotropy
arXiv:1608.01347 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.94.062407
Abstract
Using analytical approach and Monte-Carlo (MC) simulations, we study the elastic behaviour of the intrinsically twisted elastic ribbons with bending anisotropy, such as double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), in two-dimensional (2D) confinement. We show that, due to the bending anisotropy, the persistence length of dsDNA in 2D conformations is always greater than 3D conformations. This result is in consistence with the measured values for DNA persistence length in 2D and 3D in equal biological conditions. We also show that in 2D, an anisotropic, intrinsically twisted polymer exhibits an implicit twist-bend coupling, which leads to the kink formations with a half helical turn periodicity along the bent polymer.
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