title: Stacking heterogeneity: a model for the sequence dependent melting cooperativity of duplex DNA.
abstract: A microscopic Potts-like one-dimensional model with many particle interactions [referred as the generalized model of polypeptide chains (GMPCs)] is developed to investigate cooperativity of DNA sequence dependent melting. For modeling sequence, regular homogeneous sequences were arranged in heterogeneous blocks of various lengths. Within the framework of the GMPC the authors show that the inclusion of stacking interaction heterogeneity relative to homogeneous hydrogen bond interactions leads to an unexpected and quite remarkable increase in melting cooperativity for small blocks. In some cases this tendency persists for long blocks having sharp sequence heterogeneity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Grigoryan
authors.forename: E Sh
authors.initials: ESh
authors.lastname: Mamasakhlisov
authors.forename: T Yu
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Buryakina
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Tsarukyan
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Benight
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Morozov
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA