Effective Breather Trapping Mechanism for DNA Transcription
arXiv:cond-mat/9508077 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.53.1011
Abstract
Collective coordinate and direct numerical integration methods are applied to the analysis of a one-dimensional DNA model. A modification of the coupling constant in an extended region is found to be less selective towards the breather it can trap than an isolated impurity. Therefore it provides a possible physical mechanism for the effect of an enzyme on DNA transcription.
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