Effects of Eye-phase in DNA unzipping
Soft Condensed Matter
2015-05-13 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Biological Physics
Abstract
The onset of an "eye-phase" and its role during the DNA unzipping is studied when a force is applied to the interior of the chain. The directionality of the hydrogen bond introduced here shows oscillations in force-extension curve similar to a "saw-tooth" kind of oscillations seen in the protein unfolding experiments. The effects of intermediates (hairpins) and stacking energies on the melting profile have also been discussed.
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@article{arxiv.0704.3175,
title = {Effects of Eye-phase in DNA unzipping},
author = {Debaprasad Giri and Sanjay Kumar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.3175},
year = {2015}
}
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