Perspective: Coarse-grained models for biomolecular systems

WG Noid - The Journal of chemical physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
By focusing on essential features, while averaging over less important details, coarse-
grained (CG) models provide significant computational and conceptual advantages with …

Recent successes in coarse‐grained modeling of DNA

DA Potoyan, A Savelyev… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The growing interest in the DNA‐based mesoscale systems of biological and nonbiological
nature has encouraged the computational molecular science community to develop coarse …

Coarse-graining DNA for simulations of DNA nanotechnology

JPK Doye, TE Ouldridge, AA Louis… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
To simulate long time and length scale processes involving DNA it is necessary to use a
coarse-grained description. Here we provide an overview of different approaches to such …

[HTML][HTML] A sequence-dependent rigid-base model of DNA

O Gonzalez, D Petkevičiūtė… - The Journal of chemical …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
A novel hierarchy of coarse-grain, sequence-dependent, rigid-base models of B-form DNA
in solution is introduced. The hierarchy depends on both the assumed range of energetic …

Moving beyond Watson–Crick models of coarse grained DNA dynamics

MC Linak, R Tourdot, KD Dorfman - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
DNA produces a wide range of structures in addition to the canonical B-form of double-
stranded DNA. Some of these structures are stabilized by Hoogsteen bonds. We developed …

Quantitative evaluation of optical forces by single particle tracking in slit-like microfluidic channels

F Nito, T Shiozaki, R Nagura, T Tsuji… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Optical trapping and manipulation techniques have attracted significant attention in various
research fields. Optical forces divided into two terms, such as a scattering force and gradient …

DNA nanotechnology: understanding and optimisation through simulation

TE Ouldridge - Molecular Physics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
DNA nanotechnology promises to provide controllable self-assembly on the nanoscale,
allowing for the design of static structures, dynamic machines and computational …

Effects of polymer length and salt concentration on the transport of ssDNA in nanofluidic channels

W Qian, K Doi, S Kawano - Biophysical Journal, 2017 - cell.com
Electrokinetic phenomena in micro/nanofluidic channels have attracted considerable
attention because precise control of molecular transport in liquids is required to optically and …

Adsorption of DNA onto anionic lipid surfaces

A Martin-Molina, G Luque-Caballero, J Faraudo… - Advances in colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Currently self-assembled DNA delivery systems composed of DNA multivalent cations and
anionic lipids are considered to be promising tools for gene therapy. These systems become …

Progress in molecular modelling of DNA materials

NK Li, HS Kim, JA Nash, M Lim… - Molecular Simulation, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The unique molecular recognition properties of DNA molecule, which store genetic
information in cells, are responsible for the rise of DNA nanotechnology. In this article, we …