DNA is stored in vivo in a highly compact, so-called condensed phase, where gene
regulatory processes are governed by the intricate interplay between different states of DNA …

Living organisms typically store their genomic DNA in a condensed form. Mechanistically,
DNA condensation can be driven by macromolecular crowding, multivalent cations, or …

Recent progress in our understanding of DNA condensation includes the observation of the
collapse of single DNA molecules, greater insights into the intermolecular forces driving …

Spontaneous assembly of DNA molecules into compact structures is ubiquitous in biological
systems. Experiment has shown that polycations can turn electrostatic self-repulsion of DNA …

The molecular support of genetic information, DNA, has to be packaged and organized
inside the tiny volume of nuclei, cells, or virus capsids, in an ordered and dynamical way …

Compaction is the process in which a large DNA molecule undergoes a transition between
an elongated conformation and a very compact form. In nature, DNA compaction occurs to …

The volume of a typical Eschericia coli nucleoid is roughly 104 times smaller than the
volume of a freely coiling linear DNA molecule with the same length as the E. coli genome …

In the presence of multivalent cations, high molecular weight DNA undergoes a dramatic
condensation to a compact, usually highly ordered toroidal structure. This review begins with …

Background: Condensin is thought to contribute to large-scale DNA compaction during
mitotic chromosome assembly. It remains unknown, however, how the complex reconfigures …

The local opening of DNA is an intriguing phenomenon from a statistical-physics point of
view, but is also essential for its biological function. For instance, the transcription and …