Bhattacharjee, Somendra M. (2000) Unzipping DNAs: towards the first step of replication Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 33 (45). L423-L428. ISSN 0305-4470
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Abstract
It is shown that a double-stranded DNA can be opened by a force only if the force exceeds a critical value, and this unzipping is a critical phenomenon. From the results of an equivalent delocalization in a non-hermitian quantum mechanics problem we show the different scaling behaviours of unzipping by force and thermal melting. Based on this we make a postulate on the first step of replication of DNA.
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| Deposited On: | 09 Oct 2010 10:24 |
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