Water bridging dynamics of polymerase chain reaction in the gauge theory paradigm of quantum fields
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2017
abstract:
We discuss the role of water bridging the DNA-enzyme interaction by resorting to recent results showing that London dispersion forces between delocalized electrons of base pairs of DNA are responsible for the formation of dipole modes that can be recognized by Taq polymerase. We describe the dynamic origin of the high efficiency and precise targeting of Taq activity in PCR. The spatiotemporal distribution of interaction couplings, frequencies, amplitudes, and phase modulations comprise a pattern of fields which constitutes the electromagnetic image of DNA in the surrounding water, which is what the polymerase enzyme actually recognizes in the DNA water environment. The experimental realization of PCR amplification, achieved through replacement of the DNA template by the treatment of pure water with electromagnetic signals recorded from viral and bacterial DNA solutions, is found consistent with the gauge theory paradigm of quantum fields.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Coherent states; Dipole waves; DNA amplification; DNA transduction; Enzyme catalytic activity; Fractal-like self-similarity; Polymerase chain reaction; Water bridging
List of contributors:
Romano, Paola
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