DNA sequence from the unzipping force? : one mutation problem
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-07 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
q-bio
Abstract
The possibility of detecting mutations in a DNA from force measurements (as a first step towards sequence analysis) is discussed theoretically based on exact calculations. The force signal is associated with the domain wall separating the zipped from the unzipped regions. We propose a comparison method (``differential force microscope'') to detect mutations. Two lattice models are treated as specific examples.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0106110,
title = {DNA sequence from the unzipping force? : one mutation problem},
author = {Somendra M. Bhattacharjee and D. Marenduzzo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0106110},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 4 figures. Revised version with minor changes. Paragraph with discussion on experiments added. Accepted for publication in J. Phys. A as a Letter to the Editor