Castelnovo M, Evilevitch A
Laboratoire Joliot-Curie et Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France.
Eur Phys J E Soft Matter. 2007 Sep;24(1):9-18. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10205-5. Epub 2007 Aug 31.
We present in this work in vitro measurements of the force ejecting DNA from two distinct bacteriophages (T5 and lambda using the osmotic-suppression technique. Our data are analyzed by revisiting the current theories of DNA packaging in spherical capsids. In particular we show that a simplified analytical model based on bending considerations only is able to account quantitatively for the experimental findings. Physical and biological consequences are discussed.
在这项工作中,我们使用渗透抑制技术对从两种不同噬菌体(T5和λ噬菌体)中排出DNA的力进行了体外测量。我们通过重新审视目前关于球形衣壳中DNA包装的理论来分析我们的数据。特别是,我们表明,一个仅基于弯曲考虑的简化分析模型能够定量地解释实验结果。我们还讨论了其物理和生物学意义。