Unzipping of DNA with correlated base-sequence

Details Unzipping of DNA with correlated base-sequence Unzipping of DNA with correlated base-sequence

2004-06-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406718v1

Physical Review E 69, 061908 (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

22 pages, revtex4, 14 eps figures; reprinted in the June 15, 2004 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.69.061908

We consider force-induced unzipping transition for a heterogeneous DNA model with a correlated base-sequence. Both finite-range and long-range correlated situations are considered. It is shown that finite-range correlations increase stability of DNA with respect to the external unzipping force. Due to long-range correlations the number of unzipped base-pairs displays two widely different scenarios depending on the details of the base-sequence: either there is no unzipping phase-transition at all, or the transition is realized via a sequence of jumps with magnitude comparable to the size of the system. Both scenarios are different from the behavior of the average number of unzipped base-pairs (non-self-averaging). The results can be relevant for explaining the biological purpose of correlated structures in DNA.

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