Analysis of a nonlinear model for the DNA double helix: Energy transfer in an inhomogeneous chain

Mario Techera, L. L. Daemen, E. W. Prohofsky

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Abstract

We extend a previous analysis of the propagation of energy packets in a one-dimensional model for the DNA double helix by studying how various types of inhomogeneities in the molecule affect the transfer of solitonlike energy packets along the chain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1008-1011
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume42
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

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