Kinetoplast DNA: a polymer physicist's Olympic dream
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| author | Michieletto, Davide |
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| contents | All life forms are miraculous, but some are more inexplicable than others. Trypanosomes are by far one of the most puzzling organisms on Earth: their mitochondrial genome, also called kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) forms an Olympic-ring-like network of interlinked DNA circles, challenging conventional paradigms in both biology and physics. In this review, I will discuss kDNA from the astonished perspective of a polymer physicist and tell a story of how a single sub-celluar structure from a blood-dwelling parasite is inspiring generations of polymer chemists and physicists to create new catenated materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Kinetoplast DNA: a polymer physicist's Olympic dream Michieletto, Davide Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics All life forms are miraculous, but some are more inexplicable than others. Trypanosomes are by far one of the most puzzling organisms on Earth: their mitochondrial genome, also called kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) forms an Olympic-ring-like network of interlinked DNA circles, challenging conventional paradigms in both biology and physics. In this review, I will discuss kDNA from the astonished perspective of a polymer physicist and tell a story of how a single sub-celluar structure from a blood-dwelling parasite is inspiring generations of polymer chemists and physicists to create new catenated materials. |
| title | Kinetoplast DNA: a polymer physicist's Olympic dream |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.05978 |