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