Transverse interaction in DNA molecule

Slobodan Zdravković; Miljko V Satarić

doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.02.005

Transverse interaction in DNA molecule

Biosystems. 2011 Jul;105(1):10-3. doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.02.005. Epub 2011 Mar 3.

Authors

Slobodan Zdravković¹, Miljko V Satarić

Affiliation

¹ Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinča, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Poštanski fah 522, 11001 Beograd, Serbia. szdjidji@gmail.com

PMID: 21376779
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.02.005

Abstract

Interaction between nucleotides at a same site belonging to different strands is studied. This interaction is modelled by a Morse potential which depends on two parameters. We study a relationship between the parameters characterizing AT and CG pairs. We show that certain circumstances, i.e. certain values of these parameters, bring about a negligible influence of inhomogeneity on the solitonic dynamics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Base Pairing
DNA / metabolism*
Models, Molecular*
Nucleotides / metabolism*

Substances

Nucleotides
DNA