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A model for the helix–coil transition of DNA

✍ Scribed by Jordi Porta

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1977
Tongue
English
Weight
344 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-7608

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The helix–coil phase transition of DNA is studied through a model equivalent to the one used in the theory of superconductivity. A distribution function for the excitations analogous to the usual Fermi function is obtained which depends on the parameter T~0~, the maximum temperature at which all pairs of bases are bonded. The expression for the number of unbonded pairs of bases depends only on the two parameters, T~0~ and T~c~ (critical temperature).

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