Confinement anisotropy drives polar organization of two DNA molecules interacting in a nanoscale cavity
oleh: Zezhou Liu, Xavier Capaldi, Lili Zeng, Yuning Zhang, Rodrigo Reyes-Lamothe, Walter Reisner
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01 |
Deskripsi
A nanofluidic model system is used to explore how polymer interactions between large dsDNA molecules can give rise to self-organizing behavior in compartments with controlled anisotropy. The reported findings may help explain the observed non-uniform distribution of plasmids in E. coli.