Nature uses a combination of non-covalent interactions ... intramolecular collapse of hydrophobic moieties within the cavity of the DNA cage. This leads to the formation of a monodisperse micelle ...

During the process of complex formation ... are also made between the main chain atoms of DNA and amino acid residues and hydrophobic interactions further mediate complex stability.

We propose that a modulated chemical potential of water can promote `longitudinal breathing’ and the formation ... water activity near the DNA helix by hydrophobic interactions, in the manner ...

Hydrophobic contacts dominate the interaction between the peptide ... path' for generating cooperativity in the formation of higher order protein–DNA complexes. In this regard, it is interesting ...

Hydrophobic catalysis and a potential biological role of DNA unstacking induced by environment effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2019; 116 (35): 17169 DOI: 10.1073/pnas ...

This addition involves formation of a covalent ... Although a single van der Waals interaction has a very small effect on the overall structure of DNA, the net effect of several interactions ...

To show that interactions of polythymine with free melamine can control the formation of DNA nanostructures, the researchers made DNA tiles that folded such that they had a single-stranded 10-base ...

One example of how hydrophobic interactions are critical to biomedical applications can be found in how DNA base pairs on the two strands are drawn together to form a double helix. The basic structure ...

"We believe that such purified hydrophobic DNA nanostructures will be useful for the construction of artificial cells and molecular robots that exhibit complex functions by using functionalized ...

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA ... interactions between nucleosomes and thermal energy could be responsible for the ...

The team found that G-quadraplex DNA (G4-DNA) accumulates in neurons and dynamically controls the activation and repression of genes underlying long-term memory formation. In addition, using ...