Analysis of a nonlinear model for the DNA double helix: Energy transfer in an inhomogeneous chain
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 42 (2) , 1008-1011
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.42.1008
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.Keywords
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