Cooperative Melting in Caged Dimers with Only Two DNA Duplexes

作者:Eryazici Ibrahim; Prytkova Tatiana R; Schatz George C*; Nguyen SonBinh T
来源:Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132(48): 17068-17070.
DOI:10.1021/ja107232x

摘要

Small molecule DNA hybrids with only two parallel DNA duplexes (rSMDH(2)) displayed sharper melting profiles compared to unmodified DNA duplexes, consistent with predictions from neighboring-duplex theory. Using adjusted thermodynamic parameters obtained from a coarse-grain dynamic simulation, the experimental data fit well to an analytical model.