A nonlinear model for DNA dynamics

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(90)90252-I· OSTI ID:5879676

Muto, V; Scott, A C; Christiansen, P L

In this paper the thermal equilibrium number of solitons in DNA as a function of absolute temperature and the number of base pairs is calculated. These calculations are effected by modeling DNA as a Toda lattice with parameters chosen to match experimentally measured properties of DNA. It is found that a significant number of solitons is generated at physiological temperature. 23 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5879676
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-89-2451; CONF-8908104-2; ON: DE89015249
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 14; Conference: 7. international conference on mathematical and computer modelling, Chicago, IL, USA, 2-5 Aug 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC
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PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
DNA
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
HAMILTONIANS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
SOLITONS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMALIZATION
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
FUNCTIONS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
NUCLEIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
QUASI PARTICLES
SIMULATION
SLOWING-DOWN
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