A DNA-based in vitroGenetic ProgramJournal of Biological Physics - Tập 28 - Trang 493-498 - 2002
J.A. Rose, M. Hagiya, R.J. Deaton, A. Suyama
In PNA-mediated Whiplash PCR (PWPCR), autonomous molecular computation is
implemented by the recursive polymerase extension of a mixture of DNA hairpins.
Like other methods based on exhaustive search, however, application to problem
instances of realistic size is prevented by the exponential scaling of
thesolution space. The tendency of evolving populations to minimize the sampling
of large, low f... hiện toàn bộ
Structure-driven homology pairing of chromatin fibers: the role of electrostatics and protein-induced bridgingJournal of Biological Physics - Tập 39 - Trang 363-385 - 2013
A. G. Cherstvy, V. B. Teif
Chromatin domains formed in vivo are characterized by different types of 3D
organization of interconnected nucleosomes and architectural proteins. Here, we
quantitatively test a hypothesis that the similarities in the structure of
chromatin fibers (which we call “structural homology”) can affect their mutual
electrostatic and protein-mediated bridging interactions. For example, highly
repetitive D... hiện toàn bộ
Stepwise oscillatory circuits of a DNA moleculeJournal of Biological Physics - Tập 35 - Trang 223-230 - 2009
Kunming Xu
A DNA molecule is characterized by a stepwise oscillatory circuit where every
base pair is a capacitor, every phosphate bridge is an inductance, and every
deoxyribose is a charge router. The circuitry accounts for DNA conductivity
through both short and long distances in good agreement with experimental
evidence that has led to the identification of the so-called super-exchange and
multiple-step h... hiện toàn bộ
THz-Spectroscopy of Biological MoleculesJournal of Biological Physics - Tập 29 - Trang 89-100 - 2003
T.R. Globus, D.L. Woolard, T. Khromova, T.W. Crowe, M. Bykhovskaia, B.L. Gelmont, J. Hesler, A.C. Samuels
The terahertz frequency absorption spectraof DNA molecules reflect
low-frequencyinternal helical vibrations involvingrigidly bound subgroups that
are connectedby the weakest bonds, including thehydrogen bonds of the DNA base
pairs,and/or non-bonded interactions. Althoughnumerous difficulties make the
directidentification of terahertz phonon modes inbiological materials very
challenging, ourresearc... hiện toàn bộ
Energy transport mechanism in the form of proton soliton in a one-dimensional hydrogen-bonded polypeptide chainJournal of Biological Physics - Tập 42 - Trang 9-31 - 2015
L. Kavitha, R. Priya, N. Ayyappan, D. Gopi, S. Jayanthi
The dynamics of protons in a one-dimensional hydrogen-bonded (HB) polypeptide
chain (PC) is investigated theoretically. A new Hamiltonian is formulated with
the inclusion of higher-order molecular interactions between peptide groups
(PGs). The wave function of the excitation state of a single particle is
replaced by a new wave function of a two-quanta quasi-coherent state. The
dynamics is governed... hiện toàn bộ
Electrostatic potential comparison and molecular metric spacesJournal of Biological Physics - - 1986
Ramon Carbot, Eduard Suñe, Felix Lapeña, Jose Perez
A possible definition of a metric associated with a set of electrostatic
molecular potentials is analyzed. Examples of its application to formaldehyde
and analogous structures, and to MAO substrates are presented.
Theoretical simulation of the calcium action potential in squid giant synapse: Repetitive stimulationJournal of Biological Physics - Tập 19 - Trang 71-84 - 1993
Arunava Adhikari, Kamales Bhaumik
A biophysical model of the experimentally observed calcium action potential
(CAP) in squid giant synapse is proposed. Whereas the inclusion of the inward
calcium current in the Hodgkin-Huxley model can generate the rising phase of
CAP, to account for the observed termination of the action potential, a
repolarizing process needs to be introduced. Adding a term representing
Ca-activated K current, t... hiện toàn bộ
Scaling of Folding Properties in Go Models of ProteinsJournal of Biological Physics - Tập 26 - Trang 273-294 - 2000
Marek Cieplak, Trinh Xuan Hoang
Insights about scaling of folding properties of proteins are obtained bystudying
folding in heteropolymers described by Go-like Hamiltonians. Bothlattice and
continuum space models are considered. In the latter case, themonomer-monomer
interactions correspond to the Lennard-Jones potential.Several statistical
ensembles of the two- and three-dimensional targetnative conformations are
considered. Am... hiện toàn bộ
Enumerating Designing Sequences in the HP ModelJournal of Biological Physics - Tập 28 - Trang 1-15 - 2002
Anders Irbäck, Carl Troein
The hydrophobic/polar HP model on the square lattice has been widely used
toinvestigate basics of protein folding. In the cases where all designing
sequences (sequences with unique ground states) were enumerated without
restrictions on the number of contacts, the upper limit on the chain length N
has been 18–20 because of the rapid exponential growth of thenumbers of
conformations and sequences. W... hiện toàn bộ