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Decondensation behavior of DNA chains induced by multivalent cations at high salt concentrations: Molecular dynamics simulations and experiments*

Jiang Yang-Wei^a), Ran Shi-Yong^b), He Lin-Li^b), Wang Xiang-Hong^b),^c), Zhang Lin-Xi^a)

Typical conformations of DNA chains with varying salt concentrations for various cations. From left to right, they are monovalent, divalent, and trivalent cations. Panels (a1)–(e1) correspond to M⁺, panels (a2)–(e2) to M²⁺, panels (a3)–(e3) to M^{3 +}. The concentrations increase from top to bottom.