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Biophysics of DNA / Alexander Vologodskii. -- New York : Cambridge University Press, c2015. – (58.174252/V929)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    1 DNA structures
    1.1 Chemical structure and conformational flexibility of single-stranded DNA
    1.2 Double helices
    1.3 Triple helices
    1.4 G-quadruplexes
    1.5 Stacking in single-stranded DNA
    1.6 Structure of mismatches and bulge loops
    1.7 Experimental and theoretical studies of DNA structure
    2 Conformational transitions
    2.1 Theoretical analysis of conformational transitions in DNA
    2.2 DNA melting
    2.3 B-A transition
    2.4 B-Z transition
    2.5 Thermal fluctuations of DNA secondary structure
    2.6 Correlations between the states of base pairs
    2.7 Binding small ligands with DNA
    3 Equilibrium large-scale conformational properties of DNA
    3. l DNA and basic concepts of polymer statistical physics
    3.2 Conformational parameters of DNA
    3.3 DNA condensation
    3.4 Computational and experimental methods specific for DNA studies
    3.5 DNA nanotechnology
    4 DNA dynamics
    4.1 Large-scale conformational dynamics
    4.2 Kinetics of DNA melting and renaturation
    4.3 Kinetics of B-A and B-Z conformational transitions
    4.4 Dynamics of DNA junctions
    4.5 Gel electrophoresis of DNA
    4.6 Moving DNA molecules through nanopores
    5 DNA-protein interaction
    5.1 Nonspecific DNA protein binding
    5.2 Selectivity of nucleosome core binding with DNA
    5.3 Search for specific DNA sites by proteins
    5.4 Recognition of specific DNA sites by proteins
    5.5 Formation of protein-bridged DNA loops
    5.6 DNA helicases
    6 Circular DNA
    6.1 Linking number of complementary strands and DNA supercoiling
    6.2 Twist and writhe
    6.3 Experimental studies of DNA supercoiling
    6.4 Conformations of supercoiled DNA
    6.5 Formation of alternative structures in supercoiled DNA
    6.6 How supercoiling can affect DNA biological functions
    6.7 Knots and links in DNA molecules
    6.8 DNA supercoiling inside living cells
    6.9 DNA topoisomerases
    Index
    Color plates are between pages 152 and 153