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  • Title: Screwlike order, macroscopic chirality, and elastic distortions in high-density DNA mesophases.
    Author: Manna F, Lorman V, Podgornik R, Zeks B.
    Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys; 2007 Mar; 75(3 Pt 1):030901. PubMed ID: 17500660.
    Abstract:
    We investigate a new screwlike liquid-crystalline ordering in solutions of helical biopolymers and its influence on the state of individual molecules. In the resulting mesophase translational and rotational motions of molecules are coupled in screw fluctuations. We show that in contrast to the case of conventional chiral liquid crystals the elastic distortion does not twist the screw order but leads to overwinding of individual helical molecules. This explains the peculiarities of high-density DNA mesophases.
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