Tkachenko, Alexei V. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 384 (2007) 1, pp. 133-136
We present a simple model which describes elastic response of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to stretching, including the regime of very high force (up to 1000pN). ssDNA is modelled as a discrete persistent chain, whose ground state is a zigzag rather than a straight line configuration. This mimics...