| Issue |
EPL
Volume 85, Number 5, March 2009
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 58006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/85/58006 | |
| Published online | 20 March 2009 | |
Dynamics of forced biopolymer translocation
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, Helsinki University of Technology P.O. Box 9203, FIN-02015 TKK, Finland, EU
Received:
9
October
2008
Accepted:
19
February
2009
We present results from our simulations of biopolymer translocation in a solvent which explain the main experimental findings. The forced translocation can be described by simple force balance arguments for the relevant range of pore potentials in experiments and biological systems. Scaling of translocation time with polymer length varies with pore force and friction. Hydrodynamics affects this scaling and significantly reduces translocation times.
PACS: 87.15.-v – Biomolecules: structure and physical properties / 82.35.Lr – Physical properties of polymers / 87.15.A- – Theory, modeling, and computer simulation
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