Diffusion in correlated random potentials, with applications to DNA

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 11-

  Slutsky, Michael ^a   Kardar, Mehran ^a   Mirny, Leonid A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION STUDY; METABOLISM; MOTION; NUCLEOSOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BINDING ENERGY; DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; DNA; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GENES; GEOMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROTEINS;

ENERGY VALLEYS; KINESIN MOTION; MEAN FIRST PASSAGE TIME (MFPT); RANDOM ENERGY;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 42749104298     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.061903     Document Type: Article

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