2 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Nucleoid clustering drives stepwise expansion and segregation of replicating bacterial chromosomes
Giada Forte, Enzo Orlandini, Davide Marenduzzo
Bacterial chromosome replication occurs in the absence of a canonical spindle apparatus; yet it reliably produces organised and segregated genomes. While both passive and active me…
cond-mat.soft2026
Supercoiling DNA with a free end
Daniela Moretti, Giuseppe Gonnella, Antonio Suma +3
In this work, we combine coarse-grained Brownian dynamics simulations and mean-field theory to study supercoiling dynamics, as well as the steady-state profiles of twist and writhe…