Simple model for the kinetics of packaging of DNA into a capsid against an external force.
We propose a simple model for the kinetics of packaging of viral DNA into 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.
Santo
K P
KP
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
Sebastian
K L
KL
D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002213:Capsid; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D012984:Software; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014780:Viruses / Q000378:metabolism
D004247:DNA