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  • Title: Conformational transformations induced by the charge-curvature interaction: Mean-field approach.
    Author: Gaididei YB, Christiansen PL, Zakrzewski WJ.
    Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys; 2006 Aug; 74(2 Pt 1):021914. PubMed ID: 17025479.
    Abstract:
    A simple phenomenological model for describing the conformational dynamics of biological macromolecules via the nonlinearity-induced instabilities is proposed. It is shown that the interaction between charges and bending degrees of freedom of closed molecular aggregates may act as drivers giving impetus to conformational dynamics of biopolymers. It is demonstrated that initially circular aggregates may undergo transformation to polygonal shapes and possible application to aggregates of bacteriochlorophyl a molecules is considered.
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