Electrostatics of DNA compaction in viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes: Functional insights and evolutionary perspective

Soft Matter

Volumn 8, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 9285-9301

  Carrivain, Pascal ^a,b   Cournac, Axel ^a,b   Lavelle, Christophe ^b,c   Lesne, Annick ^a,b,d   Mozziconacci, Julien ^a,b   Paillusson, Fabien ^e   Signon, Laurence ^a   Victor, Jean Marc ^a,b   Barbi, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPACTION; ELECTROSTATICS; GENES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; VIRUSES;

ARCHAEA; DNA COMPACTIONS; DNA-PROTEIN INTERACTION; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; GENETIC INFORMATION; ORDERING MECHANISM; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; SUPERCOILING; VIRUS CAPSID;

DNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 84865518143     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm25789k     Document Type: Review

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