title: Phase transition as a mechanism of DNA opening for replication and transcription.
abstract: We propose a dynamic model of DNA opening for replication and transcription. Numerical simulations on this model strongly indicate a phase transition mechanism of DNA opening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States. cli@math.missouri.edu <cli@math.missouri.edu>
authors.forename: Y Charles
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Retzloff
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D044367:Phase Transition; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA