Does the dynamics of sine-Gordon solitons predict active regions of DNA?

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-221

  Cuenda, Sara ^a   Sánchez, Angel ^a,b   Quintero, Niurka R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collective coordinates; DNA; Genome; Nonlinear dynamics; Solitons

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

ACTIVE REGIONS; COLLECTIVE COORDINATES; DYNAMICS OF KINKS; SINE GORDON SOLITONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 33750454458     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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