BiophysicsbioRxivPreprint
Observation of reversal in twist-stretch coupling of RNA suggests a unified mechanism for the opposite couplings of DNA and RNA
X.-W. Qiang, C. Zhang, H.-L. Dong…·Z.-J. Tan
This study observes that RNA's twist-stretch coupling reverses from positive to negative with multivalent cations, proposing a unified mechanism for DNA and RNA coupling based on deformation pathways.
DOI 10.1101/2021.10.15.464617