Nonlinear Localized Excitations and the Dynamics of H-Bonds in DNA
Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1 q-bio
Abstract
We analyze typical models which intend to describe (parts of) the dynamics of H-Bonds in DNA. We show that these models generically allow for nonlinear localized excitatons (NLEs) (discrete breathers). We especially study the scattering of phonons by NLEs and observe strong reflection of phonons by the NLE. We relate our results to the problem of functioning of a complex biomolecule, e.g. the DNA.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9407107,
title = {Nonlinear Localized Excitations and the Dynamics of H-Bonds in DNA},
author = {S. Flach and C. R. Willis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9407107},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Talk presented at workshop NONLINEAR EXCITATIONS IN BIOMOLECULES Les Houches 1994, to appear in Springer/Editions de Physique; 11 pages, uuencoded compressed ps-file (first uudecode, then uncompress the file lh.ps.Z) size 170KByte