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A simple model for the kinetics of packaging of DNA in to a capsid against an external force

K. P. Santo, K. L. Sebastian

cond-mat.softarXiv:cond-mat/0201129

Abstract

We propose a simple model for the kinetics of packaging of viral DNA in to a capsid against an external force trying to prevent it. The model leads to a Butler-Volmer type dependence of the rate of packaging on the pulling force F.

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