BiophysicsbioRxiv
Crumpled polymer with loops recapitulates key features of chromosome organization
K. E. Polovnikov, B. Slavov, S. Belan…·L. A. Mirny
The paper introduces a physical model of a polymer folded into loops, showing how loops affect contact statistics and reduce topological entanglements in chromosomes.
DOI 10.1103/physrevx.13.041029