A simple model for the kinetics of packaging of DNA in to a capsid against an external force
arXiv:cond-mat/0201129 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.052902
Abstract
We propose a simple model for the kinetics of packaging of viral DNA in to a capsid against an external force trying to prevent it. The model leads to a Butler-Volmer type dependence of the rate of packaging on the pulling force F.