Breaking bonds: double-helix unzipping reveals DNA physic (IMAGE)
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The research team used a cluster of computers to simulate the translocation of Dna through nanopores with different driving forces keeping track of the DNA’s unzipping speed, a type of data that has rarely been studied despite being directly accessible in experiments Researchers were able to work “backwards”, using the information on the speed to accurately reconstruct the thermodynamics of the formation and rupture of the double-helix structure.
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Antonio Suma and Cristian Micheletti
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