Statistical-Mechanical Theory of DNA Looping
Zhang Y, McEwen AE, Crothers DM, Levene SD. Statistical-Mechanical Theory of DNA Looping. Biophysical Journal 2005, 90: 1903-1912. PMID: 16361335, PMCID: PMC1386771, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.070490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMechanical theoryRigorous analytical theoryStatistical mechanical theoryMechanics of DNARigorous theoryAnalytical theoryGeometric propertiesAccount protein flexibilityTopological constraintsTheoryDNA cyclizationTerms of amplitudeLoop topologyStrong couplingProtein geometryMultiple classesTheoretical similaritiesDependenceMechanicsLoop closureGeometryTopologyDNA length dependenceWritheLoop