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Phys. Rev. E 77, 031906 (2008) [7 pages]

Solitonic speed in DNA

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Slobodan Zdravković1,* and Miljko V. Satarić2,†
1Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Univerzitet u Prištini, Kosovska Mitrovica, Srbija
2Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, 21000 Novi Sad, Srbija

Received 27 April 2007; revised 19 November 2007; published 10 March 2008

We propose a single molecule experiment that could be carried out in order to measure a solitonic wave speed in DNA. In addition, we discuss possible values of the speed according to the Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model of DNA dynamics.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.031906
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.77.031906
PACS:
87.15.−v, 82.37.Gk, 87.14.G−

*szdravk@etf.bg.ac.yu

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