Figure 5.
Representative snapshots viewed either parallel (left column) or perpendicular (right column) to the main axis of inertia of the DNA chain. Trajectories were run with N = 1875 (ρ = 0.61) or N = 2000 (ρ = 0.65) and different values of σ. The solid red line connects the centers of successive DNA beads. Crowding spheres are not shown. The blue circle shows the limits of the confinement sphere. Note the approximate spherical geometry of the DNA coil in the three top lines and its approximate toroidal geometry in the bottom line. To see this figure in color, go online.