A minimal model of DNA dynamics in interaction with RNA-polymerase. (English) Zbl 1227.92021
Summary: We introduce a minimal mesoscopic model for the DNA/RNAP complex; this is obtained as an extension of the familiar L. V. Yakushevich [Physica D 79, No. 1, 77–86 (1994; Zbl 0815.92008)] model for DNA dynamics. We study in particular the existence and stability of topological solitary waves for our model, motivated by the literature on would-be solitonic excitations in DNA.
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