The physics of DNA: Onset of soliton-like excitations, chain relative disorder, and basis for a statistical mechanics of the macromolecule Export

@article{citeulike:5906833, abstract = {A dual approach for studying the dynamics and function of DNA is proposed. Soliton-like excitations may occur under certain conditions and, via an electromagnetic signal that can modulate the soliton energy, the transition B-DNA (resting state) ? A-DNA (active state) can take place. On the other hand, the Hamiltonian describing this transition can be used to construct an entropy operator for DNA and thus assess its state of relative disorder and its relationship to DNA function. Biological and medical applications of this study are put forward, as well as predictions for experimentally testing the model.}, author = {Balanovski, Eduardo}, citeulike-article-id = {5906833}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00672390}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/n886u0162x10p272}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/BF00672390}, journal = {International Journal of Theoretical Physics}, keywords = {dna-ab-analytics}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {49--61}, posted-at = {2009-10-07 18:48:00}, priority = {2}, title = {The physics of DNA: Onset of soliton-like excitations, chain relative disorder, and basis for a statistical mechanics of the macromolecule}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00672390}, volume = {26}, year = {1987} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5906833 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5906833 N2 - A dual approach for studying the dynamics and function of DNA is proposed. Soliton-like excitations may occur under certain conditions and, via an electromagnetic signal that can modulate the soliton energy, the transition B-DNA (resting state) ? A-DNA (active state) can take place. On the other hand, the Hamiltonian describing this transition can be used to construct an entropy operator for DNA and thus assess its state of relative disorder and its relationship to DNA function. Biological and medical applications of this study are put forward, as well as predictions for experimentally testing the model. IS - 1 JF - International Journal of Theoretical Physics EP - 61 TI - The physics of DNA: Onset of soliton-like excitations, chain relative disorder, and basis for a statistical mechanics of the macromolecule VL - 26 SP - 49 KW - dna-ab-analytics AU - Balanovski, Eduardo PY - 1987/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00672390 ER -