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Non-linear longitudinal compression effect on dynamics of the transcription bubble in DNA
E S Shikhovtseva1, V N Nazarov1
1Institute of Molecule and Crystal Physics Ufa Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Oktyabrya 151, Ufa 450075, Russia.
Abstract:
The dependence of the dynamics of transcription bubble on the parameters of non-linear longitudinal compression is presented on the base of simple model of soliton-like conformational switchings in two-component bistable polymer molecules with energetically non-equivalent stable states. It has been shown that under certain conditions the longitudinal compression may be a trap for a conformational switching.
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