Conformational Transitions Control in Polynucleotide Chains by External Frequency-Modulated Exposure

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Use of DNA molecules in molecular electronics is very promising. Close relationship between the charge transfer and conformational changes follows from experiment. For the theoretical descriptions of conformational transitions of DNA molecule the kink-like solutions of the modified sine-Gordon equation are mostly used. Our investigations show that the motion of the kink can be controlled by the external exposure.

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