Stretching An Anisotropic DNA
arXiv:0802.1265 · doi:10.1063/1.2842065
Abstract
We present a perturbation theory to find the response of an anisotropic DNA to the external tension. It is shown that the anisotropy has a nonzero but small contribution to the force-extension curve of the DNA. Thus an anisotropic DNA behaves like an isotropic one with an effective bending constant equal to the harmonic average of its soft and hard bending constants.
29 pages and 4 figure. To appear in J. Chem. Phys
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