Search Results - "Louis, Ard. A"
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Input–output maps are strongly biased towards simple outputs
Published in Nature communications (22-02-2018)“…Many systems in nature can be described using discrete input–output maps. Without knowing details about a map, there may seem to be no a priori reason to…”
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The arrival of the frequent: how bias in genotype-phenotype maps can steer populations to local optima
Published in PloS one (05-02-2014)“…Genotype-phenotype (GP) maps specify how the random mutations that change genotypes generate variation by altering phenotypes, which, in turn, can trigger…”
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On the biophysics and kinetics of toehold-mediated DNA strand displacement
Published in Nucleic acids research (01-12-2013)“…Dynamic DNA nanotechnology often uses toehold-mediated strand displacement for controlling reaction kinetics. Although the dependence of strand displacement…”
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Structural, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of a coarse-grained DNA model
Published in The Journal of chemical physics (28-02-2011)“…We explore in detail the structural, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of a coarse-grained model of DNA similar to that recently introduced in a study…”
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Design of hidden thermodynamic driving for non-equilibrium systems via mismatch elimination during DNA strand displacement
Published in Nature communications (22-05-2020)“…Recent years have seen great advances in the development of synthetic self-assembling molecular systems. Designing out-of-equilibrium architectures, however,…”
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Sequence-dependent thermodynamics of a coarse-grained DNA model
Published in The Journal of chemical physics (07-10-2012)“…We introduce a sequence-dependent parametrization for a coarse-grained DNA model [T. E. Ouldridge, A. A. Louis, and J. P. K. Doye, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 085101…”
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DNA hybridization kinetics: zippering, internal displacement and sequence dependence
Published in Nucleic acids research (01-10-2013)“…Although the thermodynamics of DNA hybridization is generally well established, the kinetics of this classic transition is less well understood. Providing such…”
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Measuring Internal Forces in Single-Stranded DNA: Application to a DNA Force Clamp
Published in Journal of chemical theory and computation (08-12-2020)“…We present a new method for calculating internal forces in DNA structures using coarse-grained models and demonstrate its utility with the oxDNA model. The…”
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Force-Induced Rupture of a DNA Duplex: From Fundamentals to Force Sensors
Published in ACS nano (22-12-2015)“…The rupture of double-stranded DNA under stress is a key process in biophysics and nanotechnology. In this article, we consider the shear-induced rupture of…”
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Bias in the arrival of variation can dominate over natural selection in Richard Dawkins's biomorphs
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-03-2024)“…Biomorphs, Richard Dawkins's iconic model of morphological evolution, are traditionally used to demonstrate the power of natural selection to generate…”
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Genetic Correlations Greatly Increase Mutational Robustness and Can Both Reduce and Enhance Evolvability
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-03-2016)“…Mutational neighbourhoods in genotype-phenotype (GP) maps are widely believed to be more likely to share characteristics than expected from random chance. Such…”
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A nucleotide-level coarse-grained model of RNA
Published in The Journal of chemical physics (21-06-2014)“…We present a new, nucleotide-level model for RNA, oxRNA, based on the coarse-graining methodology recently developed for the oxDNA model of DNA. The model is…”
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Exploring Simplicity Bias in 1D Dynamical Systems
Published in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) (01-05-2024)“…Arguments inspired by algorithmic information theory predict an inverse relation between the probability and complexity of output patterns in a wide range of…”
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Coarse-graining DNA for simulations of DNA nanotechnology
Published in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (21-12-2013)“…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…”
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Modelling Toehold-Mediated RNA Strand Displacement
Published in Biophysical journal (10-03-2015)“…We study the thermodynamics and kinetics of an RNA toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction with a recently developed coarse-grained model of RNA. Strand…”
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Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models
Published in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (01-01-2007)“…The ability to control the crystallization behaviour (including its absence) of particles, be they biomolecules such as globular proteins, inorganic colloids,…”
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Self-assembly of monodisperse clusters: Dependence on target geometry
Published in The Journal of chemical physics (07-11-2009)“…We apply a simple model system of patchy particles to study monodisperse self-assembly using the Platonic solids as target structures. We find marked…”
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Self-assembly and evolution of homomeric protein complexes
Published in Physical review letters (20-03-2009)“…We introduce a simple "patchy particle" model to study the thermodynamics and dynamics of self-assembly of homomeric protein complexes. Our calculations allow…”
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Phenotype Bias Determines How Natural RNA Structures Occupy the Morphospace of All Possible Shapes
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (07-01-2022)“…Abstract Morphospaces—representations of phenotypic characteristics—are often populated unevenly, leaving large parts unoccupied. Such patterns are typically…”
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Colloid-polymer mixtures in the protein limit
Published in Physical review letters (14-02-2003)“…We computed the phase-separation behavior and effective interactions of colloid-polymer mixtures in the "protein limit," where the polymer radius of gyration…”
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