Odijk T
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Biophys J. 1998 Sep;75(3):1223-7. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)74041-X.
A continuum computation is proposed for the bending stress stabilizing DNA that is hexagonally packed within bacteriophage T7. Because the inner radius of the DNA spool is rather small, the stress of the curved DNA genome is strong enough to balance its electrostatic self-repulsion so as to form a stable hexagonal phase. The theory is in accord with the microscopically determined structure of bacteriophage T7 filled with DNA within the experimental margin of error.
提出了一种连续介质计算方法,用于计算稳定噬菌体T7内六边形堆积的DNA的弯曲应力。由于DNA卷轴的内半径相当小,弯曲的DNA基因组的应力足够强,足以平衡其静电自排斥力,从而形成稳定的六边形相。该理论在实验误差范围内与微观测定的充满DNA的噬菌体T7的结构一致。