Transcription rates in DNA brushes

Soft Matter ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 3017-3021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Yamamoto ◽  
S. A. Safran

We theoretically predict the rate of transcription (TX) in DNA brushes by introducing the concept of TX dipoles that takes into account the unidirectional motion of enzymes (RNAP) along DNA during transcription as correlated pairs of sources and sinks in the relevant diffusion equation.

Author(s):  
Latifa Ait Mahiout ◽  
Gregory P. Panasenko ◽  
Vitaly Volpert
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