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SUBMITTER: Marion S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5647577 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marion Sanjin S San Martín Carmen C Šiber Antonio A
Biophysical journal 20171001 8
Confined mixtures of a polymer and nonspecifically binding particles (condensers) are studied as models for viruses containing double-stranded DNA (polymer) and condensing proteins (particles). We explore a model in which all interactions between the packed content (polymer and particles) and its confinement are purely repulsive, with only a short-range attraction between the condensers and polymer to simulate binding. In the range of physical parameters applicable to viruses, the model predicts ...[more]