Publication Date:
2011-01-21
Description:
Author(s): O. Bénichou, C. Chevalier, B. Meyer, and R. Voituriez We present a theoretical model of facilitated diffusion of proteins in the cell nucleus. This model, which takes into account the successive binding and unbinding events of proteins to DNA, relies on a fractal description of the chromatin which has been recently evidenced experimentally. Facilitated... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 038102] Published Thu Jan 20, 2011
Keywords:
Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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