Dynamic phase transition in the conversion of B-DNA to Z-DNA
Soft Condensed Matter
2011-02-24 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Biological Physics
Abstract
The long time dynamics of the conformational transition from B-DNA to Z-DNA is shown to undergo a dynamic phase transition. We obtained the dynamic phase diagram for the stability of the front separating B and Z. The instability in this front results in two split fronts moving with different velocities. Hence, depending on the system parameters a denatured state may develop dynamically eventhough it is thermodynamically forbidden. This resolves the current controversies on the transition mechanism of the B-DNA to Z-DNA.
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@article{arxiv.1010.1723,
title = {Dynamic phase transition in the conversion of B-DNA to Z-DNA},
author = {Jaya Maji and Somendra M. Bhattacharjee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.1723},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures. New version with correction of typos, new references, minor modifications in Fig 2, 3. To appear in EPL