TY - JOUR
T1 - Comment on "DNA solitons with realistic parameters"
AU - Techera, Mario
AU - Daemen, L. L.
AU - Prohofsky, E. W.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Recent claims of solitonic excitations in a nonlinear model of the DNA double helix are critically examined. It is found that the parameters used in a previous analysis are not physical and that the excitations presented in that previous analysis are not solitons. Using more realistic parameters, the excitations do not propagate and remain pinned on the lattice.
AB - Recent claims of solitonic excitations in a nonlinear model of the DNA double helix are critically examined. It is found that the parameters used in a previous analysis are not physical and that the excitations presented in that previous analysis are not solitons. Using more realistic parameters, the excitations do not propagate and remain pinned on the lattice.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.42.5033
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.42.5033
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0011229328
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 42
SP - 5033
EP - 5035
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 8
ER -