We report on numerical investigations concerning the propagation of solitons in a real DNA chain (the Human Adenovirus 2) using a realistic model of DNA torsional dynamics; this takes fully into account the inhomogeneities in the real chain. We find that twist solitons propagate for considerable distances (2 − 10 times their diameters) before stopping due to phonon emission. Our results show that twist solitons may exist in real DNA chains; and on a more general level that solitonic propagation can take place in highly inhomogeneous media.
Propagation of twist solitons in real DNA chains / M. Cadoni, R. De Leo, S. Demelio, G. Gaeta. - In: JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 1402-9251. - 2010:4(2010), pp. 557-569.
Propagation of twist solitons in real DNA chains
G. GaetaUltimo
2010
Abstract
We report on numerical investigations concerning the propagation of solitons in a real DNA chain (the Human Adenovirus 2) using a realistic model of DNA torsional dynamics; this takes fully into account the inhomogeneities in the real chain. We find that twist solitons propagate for considerable distances (2 − 10 times their diameters) before stopping due to phonon emission. Our results show that twist solitons may exist in real DNA chains; and on a more general level that solitonic propagation can take place in highly inhomogeneous media.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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