Comments on "Remeasuring the Double Helix"
Biomolecules
2009-04-20 v1
Abstract
Mathew-Fenn et al. (Science (2008) 322, 446-9) measured end-to-end distances of short DNA and concluded that stretching fluctuations in several consecutive turns of the double helix should be strongly correlated. I argue that this conclusion is based on incorrect assumptions, notably, on a simplistic treatment of the excluded volume effect of reporter labels. Contrary to the author's claim, their conclusion is not supported by other data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.2678,
title = {Comments on "Remeasuring the Double Helix"},
author = {Alexey K. Mazur},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2678},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure