Topic

DNA mechanics

The study of how a DNA sequence sets the molecule's shape, stiffness and motion, and how those physical properties affect protein binding and packaging into chromatin.

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science1 publisher

A year of atom-level DNA simulation puts mechanics alongside sequence

An international team simulated all 4,096 six-letter DNA words inside 190 fragments. The stronger framing, that mechanics filters which mutations survive, is still a hypothesis.

Publishers:phys.org

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Evidence45
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Hype gap+30
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