Homoclinic solutions in mechanical systems with small dissipation. Application to DNA dynamics

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-329

  Kazmierczak, B ^a   Lipniacki, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

DNA motion; Homoclinic solutions; RNA transcription; Solitary waves

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036551499     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850100131     Document Type: Article

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