Nonlinear mechanical response of DNA due to anisotropic bending elasticity
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Nonlinear mechanical response of DNA due to anisotropic bending elasticity.
The response of a short DNA segment to bending is studied, taking into account the anisotropy in the bending rigidities caused by the double-helical structure. It is shown that the anisotropy introduces an effective nonlinear twist-bend coupling that can lead to the formation of kinks and modulations in the curvature and/or in the twist, depending on the values of the elastic constants and the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1292-8941,1292-895X
DOI: 10.1140/epje/e2004-00032-5