Phenomenological modeling of DNA overstretching

2008/02/22 by Ray W. Ogden, Ogden, Ray W., Giuseppe Saccomandi +3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biomolecules (q-bio.BM) #FOS: Biological sciences #Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM) #q-bio.BM #q-bio.QM

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0802.3323

13 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2008/02/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

A phenomenological model based on the three-dimensional theory of nonlinear elasticity is developed to describe the phenomenon of overstretching in the force-extension curve for dsDNA. By using the concept of a material with multiple reference configurations a single formula is obtained to fit the force-extension curve.

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