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Slow nucleic acid unzipping kinetics from sequence-defined barriers
S. Cocco, J. F. Marko, R. Monasson
Recent experiments on unzipping of RNA helix-loop structures by force have shown that about 40-base molecules can undergo kinetic transitions between two well-defined `open' and `c…
Unzipping Dynamics of Long DNAs
S. Cocco, R. Monasson, J. F. Marko
The two strands of the DNA double helix can be `unzipped' by application of 15 pN force. We analyze the dynamics of unzipping and rezipping, for the case where the molecule ends ar…
Rigorous decimation-based construction of ground pure states for spin glass models on random lattices
S. Cocco, O. Dubois, J. Mandler +1
A constructive scheme for determining pure states (clusters) at very low temperature in the 3-spins glass model on a random lattice is provided, in full agreement with Parisi's one…
Restart method and exponential acceleration of random 3-SAT instances resolutions: a large deviation analysis of the Davis-Putnam-Loveland-Logemann algorithm
S. Cocco, R. Monasson
The analysis of the solving complexity of random 3-SAT instances using the Davis-Putnam-Loveland-Logemann (DPLL) algorithm slightly below threshold is presented. While finding a so…
Theoretical models for single-molecule DNA and RNA experiments: from elasticity to unzipping
S. Cocco, J. F. Marko, R. Monasson
We review statistical-mechanical theories of single-molecule micromanipulation experiments on nucleic acids. First, models for describing polymer elasticity are introduced. We then…
Exponentially hard problems are sometimes polynomial, a large deviation analysis of search algorithms for the random Satisfiability problem, and its application to stop-and-restart resolutions
S. Cocco, R. Monasson
A large deviation analysis of the solving complexity of random 3-Satisfiability instances slightly below threshold is presented. While finding a solution for such instances demands…
Force and kinetic barriers in unzipping of DNA
S. Cocco, R. Monasson, J. Marko
A theory of the unzipping of double-stranded (ds) DNA is presented, and is compared to recent micromanipulation experiments. It is shown that the interactions which stabilize the d…