Donnan membrane equilibrium, sedimentation equilibrium, and coil expansion of DNA in salt solutions.
Donnan membrane equilibrium, sedimentation equilibrium, and coil expansion of DNA in salt solutions.
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盐溶液中 DNA 的唐南膜平衡、沉降平衡和线圈扩张。
DOI:
10.1007/bf02797120
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1987
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Stigter,D
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作者:
Stigter,D
This is a review of applications of the McMillan-Mayer-Hill virial theory and the ionic double-layer theory to dilute colloidal solutions, in particular, solutions of DNA. Interactions of highly charged colloidal rods are developed in terms of the second virial coefficients between two rods, and between one rod and one small co-ion. The relevant cluster integrals are evaluated with interaction potentials based on the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. The treatment is extended to the intrachain repulsion responsible for the statistical swelling of coiled DNA (excluded volume effect). The theory is compared with three sets of experimental data: The salt distribution in Donnan membrane equilibria of DNA-salt solutions, sedimentation equilibria of short DNA fragments at different ionic strengths, and the intrinsic viscosity of T7 DNA in NaCl solutions. In all cases the theory agrees well with the experiments. The agreement is not convincing for the sedimentation equilibrium at low ionic strength, because here the experimental DNA concentration is too high for the truncated dilute solution expansion of the DNA-salt repulsion.