Torsional directed walks, entropic elasticity, and DNA twist stiffness.

PubWeight™: 2.36‹?› | Rank: Top 2%

🔗 View Article (PMC 25005)

Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 23, 1997

Authors

J D Moroz1, P Nelson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Articles citing this

Estimating the persistence length of a worm-like chain molecule from force-extension measurements. Biophys J (1999) 4.42

Abrupt buckling transition observed during the plectoneme formation of individual DNA molecules. Phys Rev Lett (2008) 2.17

Homologous pairing in stretched supercoiled DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1998) 1.63

Magnetic torque tweezers: measuring torsional stiffness in DNA and RecA-DNA filaments. Nat Methods (2010) 1.49

Transport of torsional stress in DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1999) 1.44

Underwound DNA under tension: structure, elasticity, and sequence-dependent behaviors. Phys Rev Lett (2011) 1.30

Conformational Analysis of Stiff Chiral Polymers with End-Constraints. Mol Simul (2006) 1.27

Braiding DNA: experiments, simulations, and models. Biophys J (2005) 1.16

Freely orbiting magnetic tweezers to directly monitor changes in the twist of nucleic acids. Nat Commun (2011) 1.15

Group theory and biomolecular conformation: I. Mathematical and computational models. J Phys Condens Matter (2010) 1.15

An effective mesoscopic model of double-stranded DNA. J Biol Phys (2013) 1.14

Twist-stretch coupling and phase transition during DNA supercoiling. Phys Chem Chem Phys (2009) 1.11

Torque modulates nucleosome stability and facilitates H2A/H2B dimer loss. Nat Commun (2013) 1.07

Elasticity and electrostatics of plectonemic DNA. Biophys J (2009) 1.05

Competition between curls and plectonemes near the buckling transition of stretched supercoiled DNA. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys (2012) 1.04

Parmbsc1: a refined force field for DNA simulations. Nat Methods (2015) 1.01

Discontinuities at the DNA supercoiling transition. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys (2009) 0.97

Evaluation of elastic properties of atomistic DNA models. Biophys J (2006) 0.96

The effects of PKCalpha phosphorylation on the extensibility of titin's PEVK element. J Struct Biol (2010) 0.94

Analytical description of extension, torque, and supercoiling radius of a stretched twisted DNA. Phys Rev Lett (2011) 0.90

Linker histones incorporation maintains chromatin fiber plasticity. Biophys J (2011) 0.89

Torsional rigidities of weakly strained DNAs. Biophys J (2006) 0.88

Torque measurement at the single-molecule level. Annu Rev Biophys (2013) 0.88

Monte Carlo implementation of supercoiled double-stranded DNA. Biophys J (2000) 0.88

Structural ensemble and microscopic elasticity of freely diffusing DNA by direct measurement of fluctuations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 0.88

Formation and positioning of nucleosomes: effect of sequence-dependent long-range correlated structural disorder. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter (2006) 0.86

Simulation of DNA Supercoil Relaxation. Biophys J (2016) 0.85

BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AT SURFACES RELEVANT TO MICROARRAY PERFORMANCE. Biomater Sci (2014) 0.85

Double-stranded RNA under force and torque: similarities to and striking differences from double-stranded DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 0.85

Global force-torque phase diagram for the DNA double helix: structural transitions, triple points, and collapsed plectonemes. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys (2013) 0.85

The Stochastic Elastica and Excluded-Volume Perturbations of DNA Conformational Ensembles. Int J Non Linear Mech (2008) 0.83

Biophysics of protein-DNA interactions and chromosome organization. Physica A (2015) 0.81

Modeling spatial correlation of DNA deformation: DNA allostery in protein binding. J Phys Chem B (2013) 0.81

Blind predictions of DNA and RNA tweezers experiments with force and torque. PLoS Comput Biol (2014) 0.81

How topological constraints facilitate growth and stability of bubbles in DNA. Biophys J (2008) 0.80

Explaining the striking difference in twist-stretch coupling between DNA and RNA: A comparative molecular dynamics analysis. Nucleic Acids Res (2015) 0.78

Using synthetic bacterial enhancers to reveal a looping-based mechanism for quenching-like repression. Nat Commun (2016) 0.77

Thermodynamics of long supercoiled molecules: insights from highly efficient Monte Carlo simulations. Biophys J (2015) 0.77

On the topology of chromatin fibres. Interface Focus (2012) 0.76

In silico single-molecule manipulation of DNA with rigid body dynamics. PLoS Comput Biol (2014) 0.76

Torque correlation length and stochastic twist dynamics of DNA. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys (2014) 0.75

Structural Basis for Elastic Mechanical Properties of the DNA Double Helix. PLoS One (2016) 0.75

Force and twist dependence of RepC nicking activity on torsionally-constrained DNA molecules. Nucleic Acids Res (2016) 0.75

Probing DNA Stiffness through Optical Fluctuation Analysis of Plasmon Rulers. Nano Lett (2015) 0.75

Conformational Modeling of Continuum Structures in Robotics and Structural Biology: A Review. Adv Robot (2016) 0.75

Effect of spontaneous twist on DNA minicircles. Biophys J (2010) 0.75

Revisiting polymer statistical physics to account for the presence of long-range-correlated structural disorder in 2D DNA chains. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter (2011) 0.75

Articles cited by this

Overstretching B-DNA: the elastic response of individual double-stranded and single-stranded DNA molecules. Science (1996) 18.53

Entropic elasticity of lambda-phage DNA. Science (1994) 15.40

Direct mechanical measurements of the elasticity of single DNA molecules by using magnetic beads. Science (1992) 9.74

The elasticity of a single supercoiled DNA molecule. Science (1996) 8.58

DNA: an extensible molecule. Science (1996) 8.19

Flexibility of DNA. Annu Rev Biophys Biophys Chem (1988) 8.01

Stretching DNA with optical tweezers. Biophys J (1997) 6.55

The pitch of chromatin DNA is reflected in its nucleotide sequence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1980) 5.88

Energetics of DNA twisting. I. Relation between twist and cyclization probability. J Mol Biol (1983) 4.05

DNA bending, flexibility, and helical repeat by cyclization kinetics. Methods Enzymol (1992) 3.10

Conformational and thermodynamic properties of supercoiled DNA. Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct (1994) 2.59

The helicity of DNA in complexes with recA protein. Nature (1982) 2.40

Extension of torsionally stressed DNA by external force. Biophys J (1997) 1.83

Determination of DNA persistence length by cryo-electron microscopy. Separation of the static and dynamic contributions to the apparent persistence length of DNA. J Mol Biol (1995) 1.73

Double helical DNA: conformations, physical properties, and interactions with ligands. Annu Rev Biochem (1981) 1.73

Unwinding of duplex DNA in complexes with recA protein. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol (1983) 1.09

Dynamic bending rigidity of DNA. Biopolymers (1990) 1.05

Articles by these authors

(truncated to the top 100)

Acceptance into medical school and racial discrimination. BMJ (1995) 5.37

T-cell clones specific for myelin basic protein induce chronic relapsing paralysis and demyelination. Nature (1985) 3.71

A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes. Stud Mycol (2009) 2.91

Neuronal tumor cells with excitable membranes grown in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1969) 2.75

Genes for neuronal properties expressed in neuroblastoma x L cell hybrids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1971) 2.35

Aluminum accumulation during treatment with aluminum hydroxide and dialysis in children and young adults with chronic renal disease. N Engl J Med (1991) 2.28

The emergence of decreased susceptibility to vancomycin in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (1999) 2.28

Imaging normal and abnormal brain development: new perspectives for child psychiatry. Aust N Z J Psychiatry (2001) 2.09

Synapse formation between clonal neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid cells and striated muscle cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1976) 2.06

Functional assessments in mice and rats after focal stroke. Neuropharmacology (2000) 1.64

Behavioral, neurochemical and endocrinological characterization of the early social isolation syndrome. Neuroscience (2000) 1.57

Development of clinical disease in cats experimentally infected with feline immunodeficiency virus. J Infect Dis (1994) 1.53

A comparison of ocular blood flow in untreated primary open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. Am J Ophthalmol (1998) 1.52

Valproate therapy for prevention of posttraumatic seizures: a randomized trial. J Neurosurg (1999) 1.45

Lack of activity of amphotericin B in systemic murine fusarial infection. J Infect Dis (1992) 1.45

Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents. I. 6-substituted 2-naphthylacetic acids. J Med Chem (1970) 1.38

Dynamically stabilized pores in bilayer membranes. Biophys J (1997) 1.37

Dynamic excitations in membranes induced by optical tweezers. Biophys J (1998) 1.29

SSeCKS, a major protein kinase C substrate with tumor suppressor activity, regulates G(1)-->S progression by controlling the expression and cellular compartmentalization of cyclin D. Mol Cell Biol (2000) 1.21

Magnitude of pollution indicator organisms in rural potable water. Appl Environ Microbiol (1979) 1.19

Regulation of acetylcholine release from neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1978) 1.19

Endocytosis and degradation of alpha 1-antitrypsin-protease complexes is mediated by the serpin-enzyme complex (SEC) receptor. J Biol Chem (1990) 1.17

The Eurocleft project 1996-2000: overview. J Craniomaxillofac Surg (2001) 1.17

The regulation of platelet-activating factor production in endothelial cells. The role of calcium and protein kinase C. J Biol Chem (1989) 1.16

Percutaneous endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: methods and initial outcomes from the first prospective, multicenter trial. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) (2011) 1.16

Loss of heterozygosity and tumor suppressor activity of Bin1 in prostate carcinoma. Int J Cancer (2000) 1.15

Day hospital as an alternative to inpatient care for cancer patients: a random assignment trial. J Clin Epidemiol (1988) 1.07

Diminished linear growth during intermittent calcitriol therapy in children undergoing CCPD. Kidney Int (1998) 1.05

Characterization of urinary sulfatides in metachromatic leukodystrophy using electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Mol Genet Metab (2001) 1.05

Strains and micromotions of press-fit femoral stem prostheses. J Biomech (1987) 1.04

Progesterone and estradiol modulate interleukin-1 beta messenger ribonucleic acid levels in cultured human peripheral monocytes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (1989) 1.03

Regulation of RANTES and ICAM-1 expression in murine mesangial cells. J Am Soc Nephrol (1997) 1.02

Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus is a true basal cell carcinoma developing in association with a newly identified tumour-specific type of epidermal hyperplasia. Br J Dermatol (2011) 1.00

Heart rate variability reflects severity of COPD in PiZ alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. Chest (1998) 0.99

Female gene expression in the seminal vesicle of mice after prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol. Endocrinology (1989) 0.99

A new molecular mechanism for severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy: exonic deletions in SCN1A. Neurology (2006) 0.99

The molecular phylogeny of freshwater Dothideomycetes. Stud Mycol (2009) 0.98

Experimental fusarial hyalohyphomycosis in a murine model. J Infect Dis (1991) 0.95

Colour Doppler imaging of the ocular circulation in diabetic retinopathy. Acta Ophthalmol Scand (2000) 0.93

5-CT stimulation of adenylyl cyclase activity in guinea-pig hippocampus: evidence for involvement of 5-HT7 and 5-HT1A receptors. Br J Pharmacol (1999) 0.93

Objective refraction: comparison of retinoscopy and automated techniques. Am J Optom Physiol Opt (1984) 0.92

Hyperlipidemia in pediatric patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Pediatr Nephrol (1988) 0.91

Can peer educators influence healthy eating in people with diabetes? Results of a randomized controlled trial. Diabet Med (2009) 0.91

IgMs produced by two acquired immune deficiency syndrome lymphoma cell lines: Ig binding specificity and VH-gene putative somatic mutation analysis. Blood (1994) 0.90

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: a tumour of nestin-positive cutaneous mesenchymal stem cells? Br J Dermatol (2009) 0.89

Neuropsychological rehabilitation of mild traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj (1996) 0.88

The impact of knowledge of human immunodeficiency virus serostatus on contraceptive choice and repeat pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol (1995) 0.88

Charge-reversal instability in mixed bilayer vesicles. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics (2000) 0.88

South Asian ethnicity and material deprivation increase the risk of Epstein-Barr virus infection in childhood Hodgkin's disease. Br J Cancer (2001) 0.87

Mutations of the ras protooncogenes in chronic myelogenous leukemia: a high frequency of ras mutations in bcr/abl rearrangement-negative chronic myelogenous leukemia. Blood (1989) 0.87

Women's response to fetal choroid plexus cysts detected by prenatal ultrasound. J Perinatol (2006) 0.86

Nutritional status of children undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Am J Clin Nutr (1983) 0.85

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in children. Pediatr Clin North Am (1982) 0.85

Dental surgery pain analgesic. J Can Dent Assoc (1980) 0.85

Heterogeneous calcium currents and transmitter release in cultured mouse spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion neurons. J Neurophysiol (1992) 0.85

Protein synthesis in isolated nuclei and nucleoli of HeLa cells. Biochemistry (1969) 0.85

Increased adhesiveness and internalization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and changes in the expression of epithelial gonococcal receptors in the Fallopian tube of copper T and Norplant users. Hum Reprod (2001) 0.85

Type 2 Gaucher disease: the collodion baby phenotype revisited. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed (2000) 0.84

Natural poly-histidine affinity tag for purification of recombinant proteins on cobalt(II)-carboxymethylaspartate crosslinked agarose. J Chromatogr A (1999) 0.84

DNA microarray analysis of differential gene expression of 6-year-old rat neural striatal progenitor cells during early differentiation. Restor Neurol Neurosci (2001) 0.83

Biochemical studies of the developing embryo. II. Studies on CO-2 fixation enzymes. Arch Biochem Biophys (1966) 0.82

Hypereosinophilia associated with transitional cell carcinoma in a cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc (1992) 0.82

Numismatic gyrations. Nature (2000) 0.82

Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography on Co2+-carboxymethylaspartate-agarose Superflow, as demonstrated by one-step purification of lactate dehydrogenase from chicken breast muscle. Biotechnol Appl Biochem (1999) 0.82

Effects of oral calcium carbonate on control of serum phosphorus and changes in plasma aluminum levels after discontinuation of aluminum-containing gels in children receiving dialysis. J Pediatr (1986) 0.81

Nonclinical panic in college students: an investigation of prevalence and symptomatology. J Abnorm Psychol (1989) 0.81

Learning problems, anger, perceived control, and misbehavior. J Learn Disabil (1989) 0.79

Spatial frequency processing and the prediction of reading ability: a preliminary investigation. Percept Psychophys (1986) 0.79

Ethanol effects on hepatic oxidations and gluconeogenesis. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1969) 0.79

Lipoproteins in children treated with continuous peritoneal dialysis. Pediatr Res (1991) 0.78

Studies on ethanl-induced stimulation of glucose-6-phosphatase activity. Metabolism (1970) 0.78

Oral insulin does not prevent insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in BB rats. Ann N Y Acad Sci (1996) 0.78

Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome 1b: a new answer to an old diagnostic dilemma. J Paediatr Child Health (2001) 0.78

Increases in salivary lysozyme and IgA concentrations and secretory rates independent of salivary flow rates following viewing of humorous videotape. Int J Behav Med (1998) 0.78

Fusarium-caused hyalohyphomycosis: an overview. Curr Top Med Mycol (1992) 0.78

Anopheles elegans, a natural vector of simian malaria in Ceylon. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1971) 0.78

Identification of an intramitochondrially synthesized proteolipid associated with the mitochondrial ATPase complex as the product of a mitochondrial gene determining oligomycin resistance in Aspergillus nidulans. Eur J Biochem (1977) 0.78

Parent and child causal attributions during clinical interviews. J Abnorm Child Psychol (1982) 0.77

Lactation inhibits the potentiating effect of galanin upon the GnRH-induced LH release observed in diestrous-1 rat. Biol Res (1998) 0.77

Raman spectroscopy of oxidized and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides. Biochemistry (1986) 0.77

Long-term results with cyclosporine immune suppression in pediatric cadaver renal transplantation. Transplant Proc (1991) 0.77

Potable water quality in rural Georgetown County. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol (1975) 0.77

Epidemiology, biology, and endocrine disrupters. Occup Environ Med (2003) 0.77

Enzyme activities contributing to hypoxanthine production in Ureaplasma. Isr J Med Sci (1984) 0.77

Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome type I: a cause of cerebellar vermis hypoplasia. J Paediatr Child Health (1997) 0.77

Motivational readiness and the participation of children with learning and behavior problems in psychoeducational decision making. J Learn Disabil (1990) 0.77

Quality of life and relative importance: a comparison of time trade-off and conjoint analysis methods in patients with age-related macular degeneration. Br J Ophthalmol (2007) 0.77

Synovial chondrosarcoma. Report of a case. J Bone Joint Surg Am (1974) 0.77

Hepatic metabolism and enzyme activity in acute ethanol administration. Biochem Pharmacol (1967) 0.77

Hemolytic anemia and hepatosplenomegaly associated with cat-scratch fever. J Pediatr (1986) 0.76

Pulmonary granulomatosis secondary to pentazocine abuse mimicking connective tissue diseases. Am J Med (1988) 0.76

Clinical application of a new disposable lithotripter: a prospective multicenter study. Gastrointest Endosc (1999) 0.76

Comparative pharmacological study of ropinirole (SKF-101468) and its metabolites in rats. J Pharm Pharmacol (2000) 0.76

Use of biocides and insect repellents and risk of hypospadias. Occup Environ Med (2009) 0.76

Large deletions of the MECP2 gene in Chinese patients with classical Rett syndrome. Clin Genet (2006) 0.76

[Obstructive effect of a urethral catheter of urination parameters: theoretical study]. Prog Urol (1999) 0.75

Prospective evaluation of aluminum loading from formula in infants with uremia. J Pediatr (1990) 0.75

Differential expression of stem cell markers in lichen planopilaris and alopecia areata. Br J Dermatol (2011) 0.75

[Study of the 1st sensory stages]. Bull Math Biophys (1966) 0.75

The acceptability and usefulness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people living with psoriasis: a qualitative study. Br J Dermatol (2015) 0.75