Force induced unzipping of dsDNA: The solvent effect

dc.contributor.authorSingh, Navin
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-20T04:49:45Z
dc.date.available2024-02-20T04:49:45Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe salt concentration of the solution plays an important role in the stabilization of double stranded DNA (dsDNA) molecule. In our work, the Hamiltonian in Peyrard-Bishop Dauxois (PBD) model of a heterogeneous chain has been modified with a stabilizing solvent interaction term. This term strengthens the base pair dissociation energy and stabilizes the hydrogen bonds between complementary strands of dsDNA. To study the effect of salt concentration we have modified the potentials appearing in this model. We investigated the influence of salt concentration on the force required to unzip the chain. The force induced unzipping is studied in both constant extension ensemble (CEE) and constant force ensemble (CFE). We found that the results are independent of choice of the ensembles and are in good agreement with the experimental resultsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.cognizure.com/abstract.aspx?p=106637288
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/xmlui/handle/123456789/14359
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPhysics Expressen_US
dc.subjectPhysicsen_US
dc.subjectDouble stranded DNA (ds-DNA)en_US
dc.subjectDNA unzippingen_US
dc.subjectPeyrard-Bishop Dauxois modelen_US
dc.subjectConstant extension ensembleen_US
dc.subjectConstant force ensembleen_US
dc.titleForce induced unzipping of dsDNA: The solvent effecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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