2 papers
cond-mat.soft2003
Statics and Dynamics of Condensed DNA within Phages and Globules
Theo Odijk
Several controversial issues concerning the packing of linear DNA in bacteriophages and globules are discussed. Exact relations for the osmotic pressure, capsid pressure and loadin…
cond-mat.soft2003
Nonuniform Donnan Equilibrium within Bacteriophages Packed with Dna
Theo Odijk, Flodder Slok
The curvature stress of DNA packed inside a phage is balanced against its electrostatic self-interaction. The DNA density is supposed nonuniform and as a result the Donnan effect i…