Multiple solutions for writhed rods: implications for DNA supercoiling

DOI10.1098/rspa.2000.0525zbMath0984.74044OpenAlexW2086080343MaRDI QIDQ4946433

D. M. Stump, W. Barrie Fraser

Publication date: 5 May 2002

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2000.0525

zbMATH Keywords

point forcescontact problemDNA supercoilingbalanced plyfree end looppoint momentstwo-parameter family of arrangementswrithed inextensible linear elastic rods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40)

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