Fractal Dimension and Localization of DNA Knots

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2006-09-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609084v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.058102

The scaling properties of DNA knots of different complexities were studied by atomic force microscope. Following two different protocols DNA knots are adsorbed onto a mica surface in regimes of (i) strong binding, that induces a kinetic trapping of the three-dimensional (3D) configuration, and of (ii) weak binding, that permits (partial) relaxation on the surface. In (i) the gyration radius of the adsorbed DNA knot scales with the 3D Flory exponent $\nu\approx 0.58$ within error. In (ii), we find $\nu\approx 0.66$, a value between the 3D and 2D ($\nu=3/4$) exponents, indicating an incomplete 2D relaxation or a different polymer universality class. Compelling evidence is also presented for the localization of the knot crossings in 2D.

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