DNA Elasticity: a new branch of non-linear mechanics in which one studies electrically charged, intrinsically curved, rod-like nanoscale structures

Monday, 11 October 2004 - 3:30 PM

This presentation is part of : Cellular Mechanics

DNA Elasticity: a new branch of non-linear mechanics in which one studies electrically charged, intrinsically curved, rod-like nanoscale structures

Bernard D. Coleman, Rutgers University, Department of Mechanics and Materials Science, Rutgers University, Department of Mechanics and Materials Science, School of Engineering, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854

An overview will be given of branches of mechanics that are being developed to explain phenomena observed in experiments on DNA supercoiling, DNA-protein interaction, and the regulation of gene expression.

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