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Dynamical Form-Factor of Neutron Scattering by DNA Solitons

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Method of scattering of slow neutrons has been considered in recent years as a rather perspective way to study the nonlinear DNA dynamics. In this paper we present the results of theoretical calculations of the dynamical form-factor of the scattering. The calculations were made on the basis of the nonlinear mathematical model which takes into account rotational motions of bases around the sugar-phosphate chains. The results of the calculations are considered as predictions for further neutron scattering experiments.

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Yakushevich, L. Dynamical Form-Factor of Neutron Scattering by DNA Solitons. Journal of Biological Physics 24, 131–139 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005143428994

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