Optimal target search on a fast folding polymer chain with volume exchange
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v2
Abstract
We study the search process of a target on a rapidly folding polymer (`DNA') by an ensemble of particles (`proteins'), whose search combines 1D diffusion along the chain, Levy type diffusion mediated by chain looping, and volume exchange. A rich behavior of the search process is obtained with respect to the physical parameters, in particular, for the optimal search.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0510072,
title = {Optimal target search on a fast folding polymer chain with volume exchange},
author = {Michael A. Lomholt and Tobias Ambjornsson and Ralf Metzler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0510072},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures, REVTeX