Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Biophys J. 2012 May 16;102(10):2235-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.04.012. Epub 2012 May 15.
We studied the dynamical behavior of a mononucleosome under tension using a theoretical model that takes into account the nucleosomal geometry, DNA elasticity, nonspecific DNA-protein binding, and effective repulsion between the two DNA turns. Using a dynamical Monte-Carlo simulation algorithm, we demonstrate that this model shows a behavior that for an appropriate set of parameters is in quantitative agreement with data from micromanipulation experiments on individual nucleosomes. All of the parameters of the model follow from the data obtained from two types of pulling experiments, namely, constant force and constant loading rate ensembles.
我们使用一种理论模型研究了拉伸下单核小体的动力学行为,该模型考虑了核小体的几何形状、DNA 的弹性、非特异性 DNA-蛋白质结合以及两个 DNA 转角之间的有效排斥。使用动态蒙特卡罗模拟算法,我们证明该模型对于一组适当的参数,其行为与单个体细胞核小体的微操作实验数据具有定量一致性。该模型的所有参数都来自两种类型的拉伸实验,即恒力和恒加载速率系综,从这些实验中获得。