DNA PROMOTERS AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS

被引:37
作者
SALERNO, M [1 ]
KIVSHAR, YS [1 ]
机构
[1] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,CTR OPT SCI,CANBERRA,ACT 0200,AUSTRALIA
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10.1016/0375-9601(94)90594-0
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We investigate the role played by DNA promoters as dynamical activators of transport processes of the RNA polymerase along DNA macromolecules, by introducing an effective potential for the kink of a discrete sine-Gordon chain.
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页码:263 / 266
页数:4
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