Sequence sensitivity of breathing dynamics in heteropolymer DNA

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Sep 22;97(12):128105. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.128105. Epub 2006 Sep 21.

Abstract

We study the fluctuation dynamics of localized denaturation bubbles in heteropolymer DNA with a master equation and complementary stochastic simulation based on novel DNA stability data. A significant dependence of opening probability and waiting time between bubble events on the local DNA sequence is revealed and quantified for a biological sequence of the T7 bacteriophage. Quantitative agreement with data from fluorescence correlation spectroscopy is demonstrated.

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriophage T7 / chemistry*
  • Base Sequence
  • Biophysics / methods*
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Sodium Chloride / pharmacology
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Stochastic Processes

Substances

  • Polymers
  • Sodium Chloride
  • DNA