DO QUANTUM EFFECTS HOLD TOGETHER DNA CONDENSATES?

DOI10.1142/S0217979210054919zbMATH Open1186.82115arXiv0806.3130OpenAlexW2964051543MaRDI QIDQ3556853FDOQ3556853

Authors: Alfredo Iorio, Samik Sen, Siddhartha Sen 

Publication date: 26 April 2010

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The classical electrostatic interaction between DNA molecules in water in the presence of counterions is reconsidered and we propose it is governed by a modified Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Quantum fluctuations are then studied and shown to lead to a vacuum interaction that is numerically computed for several configurations of many DNA strands and found to be strongly many-body. This Casimir vacuum interaction can be the ``glue holding together DNA molecules into aggregates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3130

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zbMATH Keywords

biomoleculesquantum calculationsstructure and physical propertiesstructure of aggregates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20) Motion of charged particles (78A35) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Electrochemistry (78A57)

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• Structure and interactions of biological helices

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