Biopolymer Elasticity
Physics Education
2007-05-23 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
In recent years molecular elasticity has emerged as an active area of research: there are experiments that probe mechanical properties of single biomolecules such as DNA and Actin, with a view to understanding the role of elasticity of these polymers in biological processes such as transcription and protein-induced DNA bending. Single molecule elasticity has thus emerged as an area where there is a rich cross-fertilization of ideas between biologists, chemists and theoretical physicists. In this article we present a perspective on this field of research.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0308003,
title = {Biopolymer Elasticity},
author = {Supurna Sinha},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0308003},
year = {2007}
}