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The challenges of statistical patterns of language: the case of Menzerath's law in genomes
Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho, Núria Forns, Antoni Hernández-Fernández +2
The importance of statistical patterns of language has been debated over decades. Although Zipf's law is perhaps the most popular case, recently, Menzerath's law has begun to be in…
The parameters of Menzerath-Altmann law in genomes
Jaume Baixeries, Antoni Hernandez-Fernandez, Nuria Forns +1
The relationship between the size of the whole and the size of the parts in language and music is known to follow Menzerath-Altmann law at many levels of description (morphemes, wo…
Improving signal-to-noise resolution in single molecule experiments using molecular constructs with short handles
N. Forns, S. de Lorenzo, M. Manosas +3
We investigate unfolding/folding force kinetics in DNA hairpins exhibiting two and three states with newly designed short dsDNA handles (29 bp) using optical tweezers. We show how…
Single-molecule derivation of salt dependent base-pair free energies in DNA
J. M. Huguet, C. V. Bizarro, N. Forns +3
Accurate knowledge of the thermodynamic properties of nucleic acids is crucial to predicting their structure and stability. To date most measurements of base-pair free energies in…
Statistical properties of metastable intermediates in DNA unzipping
J. M. Huguet, N. Forns, F. Ritort
We unzip DNA molecules using optical tweezers and determine the sizes of the cooperatively unzipping and zipping regions separating consecutive metastable intermediates along the u…
Dynamic force spectroscopy of DNA hairpins. II. Irreversibility and dissipation
Maria Manosas, Alessandro Mossa, Nuria Forns +2
We investigate irreversibility and dissipation in single molecules that cooperatively fold/unfold in a two state manner under the action of mechanical force. We apply path thermody…