Molecular motion through fluctuating bottlenecks

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作者
Eizenberg, N
Klafter, J
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[1] School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University
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10.1063/1.471346
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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In this paper we study the motion of a molecule in a series of fluctuating bottlenecks. We solve explicitly the case of two bottlenecks and show that under steady state condition the problem can be formulated in terms of a two-dimensional reaction-diffusion equation. We present an analysis of the reaction-diffusion equation, with a sink term that depends on the coordinates of the two bottlenecks, and relate the solution to molecular motion through biomolecules. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:6796 / 6806
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