Melting transition of oriented Li-DNA fibers submerged in ethanol solutions
Journal article, 2021

The melting transition of Li-DNA fibers immersed in ethanol-water solutions has been studied using calorimetry and neutron diffraction techniques. The data have been analyzed using the Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model to determine the strengths of the intra- and inter-base pair potentials. The data and analysis show that the potentials are weaker than those for DNA in water. They become weaker still and the DNA less stable as the ethanol concentration increases but, conversely, the fibers become more compact and the distances between base pairs become more regular. The results show that the melting transition is relatively insensitive to local confinement and depends more on the interaction between the DNA and its aqueous environment.

thermodynamic modeling

DNA melting

calorimetry

neuron scattering

Author

Adrian Gonzalez Rodriguez

Chalmers, Physics, Nano and Biophysics

Institut Laue-Langevin

Universidad de Burgos

Andrew R. Wildes

Institut Laue-Langevin

Estelle Mossou

Institut Laue-Langevin

Viviana Cristiglio

Institut Laue-Langevin

Gaël Moiroux

Grenoble Alpes University

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

Jean Luc Garden

Grenoble Alpes University

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

Santiago Cuesta-López

Universidad de Burgos

ICAMCyL Foundation

Nikos Theodorakopoulos

University of Konstanz

Theoretical and Physical Chemistry

Michel Peyrard

École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Biopolymers

0006-3525 (ISSN) 1097-0282 (eISSN)

Vol. 112 3 e23422

Subject Categories

Physical Chemistry

Biophysics

Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources

DOI

10.1002/bip.23422

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4/28/2021