| Literature DB >> 16384267 |
Anatoly A Zinchenko1, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Damien Baigl.
Abstract
We elaborated a versatile experimental model of chromatin which consists of a single chain of long duplex DNA that interacts with well-defined cationic nanoparticles of various sizes. We found that the DNA compaction by nanoparticles is stepwise and progressive at the single-chain level. It is controlled by the ability of DNA to wrap nanoparticles, which is more efficient for larger particles and, similar to DNA-histone interaction, is optimal at a physiological salt concentration.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16384267 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.228101
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161