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Self-avoiding walk model for proteins

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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We study a model for the backbone of proteins on a square lattice which consists of the path traced out by a self-avoiding walk (SAW) on the lattice and bridges not belonging to sites on the SAW but connecting nearest neighbor sites of the SAW. We calculated the fractal dimensiond w for random walk on this model and found thatd w≅2.6, in disagreement with a recent suggestion thatd w should be 2.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2735, Beijing, China

    Y. S. Yang & Y. Liu

  2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2735, Beijing, China

    P. M. Lam

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Yang, Y.S., Liu, Y. & Lam, P.M. Self-avoiding walk model for proteins. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 59, 445–447 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01328856

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