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Protein-Mediated DNA Loops: Effects of Protein Bridge Size and Kinks
Nicolas Douarche, Simona Cocco
This paper focuses on the probability that a portion of DNA closes on itself through thermal fluctuations. We investigate the dependence of this probability upon the size r of a pr…
Role of calcium and noise in the persistent activity of an isolated neuron
Simona Cocco
The activity of an isolated and auto-connected neuron is studied using Hodgkin--Huxley and Integrate-and-Fire frameworks. Main ingredients of the modeling are the auto-stimulating…
Approximate analysis of search algorithms with "physical" methods
Simona Cocco, Remi Monasson, Andrea Montanari +1
An overview of some methods of statistical physics applied to the analysis of algorithms for optimization problems (satisfiability of Boolean constraints, vertex cover of graphs, d…
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…