The dynamics of the DNA denaturation transition
Biological Physics
2015-06-04 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
The dynamics of the DNA denaturation is studied using the Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model. The denaturation rate of double stranded polymers decreases exponentially as function of length below the denaturation temperature. Above Tc, the rate shows a minimum, but then increases as function of length. We also examine the influence of sequence and solvent friction. Molecules having the same number of weak and strong base-pairs can have significantly different opening rates depending on the order of base-pairs.
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@article{arxiv.1204.5585,
title = {The dynamics of the DNA denaturation transition},
author = {Titus S. van Erp and Michel Peyrard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.5585},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Europhysics Letters