Issue 47, 2013

Coarse-graining DNA for simulations of DNA nanotechnology

Abstract

To simulate long time and length scale processes involving DNA it is necessary to use a coarse-grained description. Here we provide an overview of different approaches to such coarse-graining, focussing on those at the nucleotide level that allow the self-assembly processes associated with DNA nanotechnology to be studied. OxDNA, our recently-developed coarse-grained DNA model, is particularly suited to this task, and has opened up this field to systematic study by simulations. We illustrate some of the range of DNA nanotechnology systems to which the model is being applied, as well as the insights it can provide into fundamental biophysical properties of DNA.

Graphical abstract: Coarse-graining DNA for simulations of DNA nanotechnology

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
21 Aug 2013
Accepted
03 Oct 2013
First published
03 Oct 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 20395-20414

Coarse-graining DNA for simulations of DNA nanotechnology

J. P. K. Doye, T. E. Ouldridge, A. A. Louis, F. Romano, P. Šulc, C. Matek, B. E. K. Snodin, L. Rovigatti, J. S. Schreck, R. M. Harrison and W. P. J. Smith, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 20395 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP53545B

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