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. 1999 Dec 7;96(25):14342–14347. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.25.14342

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Four increasingly realistic models of cranked DNA motion. (a) Straight rigid rod, assumed in the derivation of the naïve formula Eq. 1. (b) Naturally straight but thermally bent rod. (c) Naturally bent rigid rod. (d) Hybrid motion of a naturally bent semiflexible rod. The rod rotates rigidly on length scales shorter than LC while flexing on scales longer than LC.