Thermal denaturation of an helicoidal DNA model

Details Thermal denaturation of an helicoidal DNA model Thermal denaturation of an helicoidal DNA model

2003-09-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0309454v1

Phys. Rev. E 68, 061909 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Submitted to Phys. Rev. E

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.68.061909

We study the static and dynamical properties of DNA in the vicinity of its melting transition, i.e. the separation of the two strands upon heating. The investigation is based on a simple mechanical model which includes the helicoidal geometry of the molecule and allows an exact numerical evaluation of its thermodynamical properties. Dynamical simulations of long-enough molecular segments allow the study of the structure factors and of the properties of the denaturated regions. Simulations of finite chains display the hallmarks of a first order transition for sufficiently long-ranged stacking forces although a study of the model's ``universality class'' strongly suggests the presence of an ``underlying'' continuous transition.

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