BROWNIAN-MOTION OF THE WORMLIKE CHAIN AND SEGMENTAL DIFFUSION OF DNA

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作者
BERG, OG [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OREGON,INST MOLEC BIOL,EUGENE,OR 97403
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10.1002/bip.1979.360181114
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The dynamics of the wormlike chain model for a polymer in solution is investigated in the case of free torsional and no longitudinal variations. A Langevin equation is derived and solved for circularly closed chains, neglecting hydrodynamic interactions. The local diffusion behavior of particular segments is described, and it is found that the mean‐square displacements are proportional to t3/4 at short times. Also, the equilibrium correlation functions for the closed chain are derived from the dynamic model in both the discrete and wormlike cases. Copyright © 1979 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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