Abstract
We find that the hydrogen-bond–stretch bands of the double helix appear to be nonlinear enough to support solitary-wave energy concentration. Coupling this fact to predictions of our self-consistent theory of helix melting gives rise to speculations of a mechanism for base pair melting in RNA transcription which is consistent with the known energy needs of that process.
- Received 16 February 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.38.1538
©1988 American Physical Society
