Modelling DNA at the mesoscale: a challenge for nonlinear science?
Statistical Mechanics
2009-08-26 v1 Biological Physics
Biomolecules
Abstract
When it is viewed at the scale of a base pair, DNA appears as a nonlinear lattice. Modelling its properties is a fascinating goal. The detailed experiments that can be performed on this system impose constraints on the models and can be used as a guide to improve them. There are nevertheless many open problems, particularly to describe DNA at the scale of a few tens of base pairs, which is relevant for many biological phenomena.
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@article{arxiv.0808.0799,
title = {Modelling DNA at the mesoscale: a challenge for nonlinear science?},
author = {Michel Peyrard and Santiago Cuesta-Lopez and Guillaume James},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0799},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Invited paper, in the series "Open Problems" of Nonlinearity