Polymer translocation: the first two decades and the recent diversification

VV Palyulin, T Ala-Nissila, R Metzler - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Probably no other field of statistical physics at the borderline of soft matter and biological
physics has caused such a flurry of papers as polymer translocation since the 1994 …

Defect-Mediated Trafficking across Cell Membranes: Insights from in Silico Modeling

AA Gurtovenko, J Anwar, I Vattulainen - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
All living cells are surrounded by plasma membranes that separate the cell interior from the
extracellular environment and are responsible for the selective permeability of cells. 1 The …

DNA translocation governed by interactions with solid-state nanopores

M Wanunu, J Sutin, B McNally, A Chow, A Meller - Biophysical journal, 2008 - cell.com
We investigate the voltage-driven translocation dynamics of individual DNA molecules
through solid-state nanopores in the diameter range 2.7–5nm. Our studies reveal an order of …

[图书][B] Polymer translocation

M Muthukumar - 2016 - books.google.com
A reflection of the significant advances in the field, this book discusses the macromolecular
basis of polymer translocation that have emerged based on experimentation, new models …

Influence of polymer-pore interactions on translocation

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, A Bhattacharya - Physical Review Letters, 2007 - APS
We investigate the influence of polymer-pore interactions on the translocation dynamics
using Langevin dynamics simulations. An attractive interaction can greatly improve the …

Sucking genes into pores: Insight into driven translocation

T Sakaue - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2010 - APS
Flexible polymers such as long DNA, RNA molecules, and proteins, can pass through a
narrow pore whose size is comparable to their molecular thickness. We highlight the …

Langevin dynamics simulations of polymer translocation through nanopores

I Huopaniemi, K Luo, T Ala-Nissila… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation through a nanopore using two-
dimensional Langevin dynamics simulations. In the absence of an external driving force, we …

Modeling the separation of macromolecules: A review of current computer simulation methods

GW Slater, C Holm, MV Chubynsky… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Theory and numerical simulations play a major role in the development of improved
and novel separation methods. In some cases, computer simulations predict counterintuitive …

Sequence dependence of DNA translocation through a nanopore

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, A Bhattacharya - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
We investigate the dynamics of DNA translocation through a nanopore using 2D Langevin
dynamics simulations, focusing on the dependence of the translocation dynamics on the …

Driven polymer translocation through nanopores: Slow-vs.-fast dynamics

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, R Metzler - Europhysics letters, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation through nanopores under external
driving by 3D Langevin Dynamics simulations, focusing on the scaling of the average …