Abstract
Experiments measuring DNA extension in nanochannels are at odds with even the most basic predictions of current scaling arguments for the conformations of confined semiflexible polymers such as DNA. We show that a theory based on a weakly self-avoiding, one-dimensional "telegraph" process collapses experimental data and simulation results onto a single master curve throughout the experimentally relevant region of parameter space and explains the mechanisms at play.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 268102 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 119 |
Issue number | 26 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 28 2017 |
Bibliographical note
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