Dynamics of DNA breathing: Weak noise analysis, finite time singularity, and mapping onto the quantum Coulomb problem

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Fogedby, Hans C ^a,b   Metzler, Ralf ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COULOMB INTERACTIONS; MELTING POINT; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING;

DENATURATION BUBBLES; NOISE ANALYSIS; POLAND-SCHERAGA MODEL;

DNA;

EID: 37749024860     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.061915     Document Type: Article

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