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Abstract
We propose a simple model for the kinetics of packaging of viral DNA into a capsid against an external force trying to prevent it. The model leads to a Butler-Volmer-type dependence of the rate of packaging on the pulling force F.Mesh:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12059622 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.052902
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ISSN: 1539-3755