Significance of Knotted Structures for Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids - September 17-21, 2014

Significance of Knotted Structures for Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Friday Abstracts

Knotted DNA: Mathematical Models and Biological Consequences Dorothy Buck. Imperial College of London, United Kingdom

We'll discuss recent work on knotted and linked DNA molecules. Using several case studies as examples, we'll consider the knot theoretic techniques used to model the processes that knot and link DNA. We'll explore the biological ramifications of DNA knotting and linking, and how the results of these topological models can inform experimentalists.

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