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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 34, Issue 16, Pages 4554-4560Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl394
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The role of centrally located and distributed base pair mismatches ('melting bubbles') on localized bending and stiffness of short dsDNA fragments is evaluated using time-dependent fluorescence lifetime measurements. Distributed melting bubbles are found to induce larger bending angles and decreased levels of stiffness in DNA than centrally located ones of comparable overall size. Our results indicate that spontaneous local opening-up of the DNA duplex could facilitate sharp bending of short DNA strands even in the absence of DNA binding proteins. We also find that the occurrence of two closely spaced melting bubbles will generally be favored when a large energetic barrier must be overcome in forming the desired bent DNA structure.
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