Entropic Elasticity of DNA with a Permanent Kink
Entropic Elasticity of DNA with a Permanent Kink
Many proteins interact with and deform double-stranded DNA in cells. Single-molecule experiments have studied the elasticity of DNA with helix-deforming proteins, including proteins that bend DNA. These experiments increase the need for theories of DNA elasticity which include helix-deforming proteins. Previous theoretical work on bent DNA has examined a long …