Publication Date:
2016-07-07
Description:
Author(s): Aleksander V. Drozdetski, Igor S. Tolokh, Lois Pollack, Nathan Baker, and Alexey V. Onufriev Increasing the concentration of counterions (salt) is known to reduce the bending persistence length of DNA. Here we use atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to predict that multivalent counterions have the opposite effect on double-stranded RNA, increasing its bending rigidity by at least 30%. … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 028101] Published Wed Jul 06, 2016
Keywords:
Polymer, Soft Matter, Biological, Climate, and Interdisciplinary Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics