Effects of mechanical strain on thermal denaturation of DNA

Details Effects of mechanical strain on thermal denaturation of DNA Effects of mechanical strain on thermal denaturation of DNA

2001-05-04

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0105102v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.65.030902

As sections of a strand duplexed DNA denature when exposed to high temperature, the excess linking number is taken up by the undenatured portions of the molecule. The mechanical energy that arises because of the overwinding of the undenatured sections can, in principle, alter the nature of the thermal denaturation process. Assuming that the strains associated with this overwinding are not relieved, we find that a simple model of strain-altered melting leads to a suppression of the melting transition when the unaltered transition is continuous. When the melting transition is first order in the absence of strain associated with overwinding, the modification is to a third order phase transition.

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