Before revision:  A first estimate of this minimum length is 120 base pairs. This is not far from the 80 base pairs which is about the smallest length observed in experimental studies. Slightly longer microDNAs are better described as an ellipse and a relationship between length and eccentricity for these is presented. In summary, molecular stability of chain molecules requires the local geometrical properties and the global topological properties to work in congruency .
After revision:  It also follows that all microDNAs longer than the minimum length must be concave. This counterintuitive result is consistent with the kink-like appearance which has been observed for circular DNA. A prediction for the total negative curvature of a circular microDNA is given as a function of its length .