简介:DNAcondensationisanimportantprocessinmanyfieldsincludinglifesciences,polymerphysics,andappliedtechnology.Inthenucleus,DNAiscondensedintochromosomes.Inpolymerphysics,DNAistreatedasasemi-flexiblemoleculeandapolyelectrolyte.Manyagents,includingmulti-valentcations,surfactants,andneutralpoorsolvents,cancauseDNAcondensation,alsoreferredtoascoil–globuletransition.Moreover,DNAcondensationhasbeenusedforextractionandgenedeliveryinappliedtechnology.ManyphysicaltheorieshavebeenpresentedtoelucidatethemechanismunderlyingDNAcondensation,includingthecounterioncorrelationtheory,theelectrostaticzippertheory,andthehydrationforcetheory.Recentlyseveralsingle-moleculestudieshavefocusedonDNAcondensation,sheddingnewlightonoldconcepts.Inthisdocument,themulti-fieldconceptsandtheoriesrelatedtoDNAcondensationareintroducedandclarifiedaswellastheadvancesandconsiderationsofsingle-moleculeDNAcondensationexperimentsareintroduced.
简介:AdoublehelixmodelofchargetransportinDNAmoleculeisgivenandthetransmissionspectraoffourDNAsequencesareobtained.ThecalculatedresultsshowthatthetransmissioncharacteristicsofDNAarenotonlyrelatedtothelongitudinaltransportbutalsotothetransversetransportofmolecule.Theperiodicsequencewiththesamecompositionhasstrongerconductionability.Withtheincreasingofbasescomposition,theconductiveabilityreduces,buttheweightofθdirectionrisesinchargetransfer.
简介:Chaosgamerepresentation(CGR)isaniterativemappingtechniquethatprocessessequencesofunits,suchasnucleotidesinaDNAsequenceoraminoacidsinaprotein,inordertodeterminethecoordinatesoftheirpositionsinacontinuousspace.Thisdistributionofpositionshastwofeatures:oneisunique,andtheotherissourcesequencethatcanberecoveredfromthecoordinatessothatthedistancebetweenpositionsmayserveasameasureofsimilaritybetweenthecorrespondingsequences.ACGR-walkmodelisproposedbasedonCGRcoordinatesfortheDNAsequences.TheCGRcoordinatesareconvertedintoatimeseries,andalong-memoryARFIMA(p,d,q)model,whereARFIMAstandsforautoregressivefractionallyintegratedmovingaverage,isintroducedintotheDNAsequenceanalysis.ThismodelisappliedtosimulatingrealCGR-walksequencedataoftengenomicsequences.Remarkablylong-rangecorrelationsareuncoveredinthedata,andtheresultsfromthesemodelsarereasonablyfittedwiththosefromtheARFIMA(p,d,q)model.
简介:TheDNA-dependentproteinkinasecatalyticsubunit(DNA-PKcs)playsamajorroleinDNAdamagesignalingandrepair,andisalsofrequentlyover-expressedintumormetastasis.WeusedisogeniccelllinesexpressingdifferentlevelsofDNA-PKcstoinvestigatetheroleofDNA-PKcsinmetastaticdevelopment.Interestingly,ourresultsshowedthatX-rayirradiationinducedthemetastasisofDNA-PKcspositive(M059K)butnotnegative(M059J)cells;however,genisteincouldsuppresstheradiation-inducedmetastaticpotentialofM059Kcells(Fig.1).Theconcretemechanismsunderlyingthisphenomenonwillbeinvestigatednextyear.
简介:Heavyionirradiationattractalargeinterestfortwoapplications:radiotherapyandspaceradiationprotectioninmannedspacemissions.ExposuretoheavyionsradiationresultsinmultipleeffectsthroughDNAdamageinduction.Single-cellgelelectrophoresisorcometassayisknownforitsabilitytodetectDNAdamageatthesinglecelllevelandhasbeenusedforyearstoassessDNAdamage.ItcandetectlowlevelsofDNAstrandbreaksinashorttime,justusingafewsamplecells.DNAdoublestrandbreaks(DSBs)aremeasuredattheneutralcometassaycondition;underthealkalinecometassayconditionbothDNAsinglestrandbreaks(SSBs)andpartDSBsaredetected.Thetwodimensionalcometassayisamodificationofthetwooriginalcometassay,cansimultaneouslydetectDNASSBsandDSBsinthesamehumanspermatozoa.
简介:预紧接触式结构是指结构中存在预紧构件,预紧构件与其他构件之间是相互接触的。在工程中经常遇到预紧接触式结构,如产品在包装时采用的泡沫垫层、武器设计中使用的垫层等,这些结构的共同点是在正常工作环境中垫层总处于受压状态,即垫层结构在有效的工作环境中沿厚度方向是不能承受拉力的。预紧接触式系统中,在预紧力一定的条件下,结构的动力学特性会随激励力幅值大小以及频率的变化而变化。在小幅值振动的条件下,可以认为系统是线性的,在幅值较大时,结构会表现出明显的非线陛特征。当激励满足一定条件时,系统会产生滑移、接触分离,而这往往是工程实际中所不允许的。分析此类问题需要了解结构的动态特性,而滑移、接触分离将导致系统的强非线性,就不能采用拟线性的方法来处理这类问题。
简介:AlterationsinDNArepair,cellcycle,andapoptoticpathwaysareoftenassociatedwithcancerriskandradiationsensitivity.IndividualswithreducedDNAdamageresponsefaceagreatersensitivitytomutagenchallenge.Interindividualvariabilityinmutagenorradiationsensitivityandincancersusceptibilitymayalsobetracedbacktopolymorphismsofgenesaffectinge.g.DNArepaircapacity[1].
简介:Amongthemanyspecialfactorsinthespaceenvironment,spaceradiationespeciallyhighenergyheavyionradiationiswidelyregardedasoneofthecrucialfactorsthathazardthehealthandsafetyofastronaut.Itiswellknownthatbiologicaleffectsofradiationaredependentonthelinear-energy-transfer(LET)oftheemergentbeam.HeavyionshavehighLETandcouldinducecomplexandclusteredDNAdamage,whichismoredifficulttoberepairedthanindividuallesionsandisevenirreparable.