title: Model of elastic responses of single DNA molecules in collapsing transition.
abstract: We present a simple phenomenological model to describe elastic responses of a collapsed single DNA molecule. The model is represented by the elastic theory for the wormlike chain combined with the order-parameter equation, which accounts for the intramolecular transition kinetics. Our continuum and discrete model reproduces the force plateaus and the stick-release patterns in the force-extension curves, respectively. Both of the elastic responses have been observed experimentally by changing the concentration of the condensing agents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. wada@daisy.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano