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Biophysics of knotting.

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Meluzzi, D; Smith, DE; Arya, G
Published in: Annual review of biophysics
January 2010

Knots appear in a wide variety of biophysical systems, ranging from biopolymers, such as DNA and proteins, to macroscopic objects, such as umbilical cords and catheters. Although significant advancements have been made in the mathematical theory of knots and some progress has been made in the statistical mechanics of knots in idealized chains, the mechanisms and dynamics of knotting in biophysical systems remain far from fully understood. We report on recent progress in the biophysics of knotting-the formation, characterization, and dynamics of knots in various biophysical contexts.

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Published In

Annual review of biophysics

DOI

EISSN

1936-1238

ISSN

1936-122X

Publication Date

January 2010

Volume

39

Start / End Page

349 / 366

Related Subject Headings

  • Proteins
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • DNA Topoisomerases
  • DNA
  • Biophysics
  • 3404 Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 0904 Chemical Engineering
  • 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • 0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry
 

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Meluzzi, D., Smith, D. E., & Arya, G. (2010). Biophysics of knotting. Annual Review of Biophysics, 39, 349–366. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.biophys.093008.131412
Meluzzi, Dario, Douglas E. Smith, and Gaurav Arya. “Biophysics of knotting.Annual Review of Biophysics 39 (January 2010): 349–66. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.biophys.093008.131412.
Meluzzi D, Smith DE, Arya G. Biophysics of knotting. Annual review of biophysics. 2010 Jan;39:349–66.
Meluzzi, Dario, et al. “Biophysics of knotting.Annual Review of Biophysics, vol. 39, Jan. 2010, pp. 349–66. Epmc, doi:10.1146/annurev.biophys.093008.131412.
Meluzzi D, Smith DE, Arya G. Biophysics of knotting. Annual review of biophysics. 2010 Jan;39:349–366.

Published In

Annual review of biophysics

DOI

EISSN

1936-1238

ISSN

1936-122X

Publication Date

January 2010

Volume

39

Start / End Page

349 / 366

Related Subject Headings

  • Proteins
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • DNA Topoisomerases
  • DNA
  • Biophysics
  • 3404 Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 0904 Chemical Engineering
  • 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • 0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry