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cond-mat.soft2004
Effects of Kinks on DNA Elasticity
Yuri O. Popov, Alexei V. Tkachenko
We study the elastic response of a worm-like polymer chain with reversible kink-like structural defects. This is a generic model for (a) the double-stranded DNA with sharp bends in…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2004
Kinetic pinning and biological antifreezes
Leonard M. Sander, Alexei V. Tkachenko
Biological antifreezes protect cold-water organisms from freezing. An example are the antifreeze proteins (AFPs) that attach to the surface of ice crystals and arrest growth. The m…