Charged and polar groups, through forming ion pairs, hydrogen bonds, and other less
specific electrostatic interactions, impart important properties to proteins. Modulation of the …

Nucleic acids generally reside in cellular aqueous solutions with mixed divalent/monovalent
ions, and the competitive binding of divalent and monovalent ions is critical to the structures …

Quantitative studies of capillary-driven thinning and pinch-off dynamics of semidilute
polyelectrolyte solutions, and their response to extensional flows, typically encountered in …

Virus-like particle (VLP) technologies are based on virus-inspired artificial structures and the
intrinsic ability of viral proteins to self-assemble at controlled conditions. Therefore, the basic …

Actin bundles are key factors in the mechanical support and dynamic reorganization of the
cytoskeleton. High concentrations of multivalent counterions promote bundle formation …

The composition and electrolyte concentration of the aqueous bathing environment have
important consequences for many biological processes and can profoundly affect the …

Viscoelastic subdiffusion governed by a fractional Langevin equation is studied numerically
in a random Gaussian environment modeled by stationary Gaussian potentials with …

Background Recent theoretical and computational studies have shown that the charge
content and, most importantly, the linear distribution of opposite charges are major …

Liquid crystals (LCs) ordering of DNA and RNA oligomers relies on the presence of inter-
duplex end-to-end attraction, driving the formation of linear aggregates. Such interactions …

The effective charge and evolution of single chains of a DNA i-motif during its unfolding
process are investigated at the single molecule level. Using fluorescence correlation …