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To understand the mechanisms that mediate the activity of biological systems at the molecular and subcellular levels, it is necessary to study the physical processes involving biological macromolecules. Following this approach, application of the ideas and methods of modern nonlinear physics turns out to be especially productive. Up-to-date nonlinear DNA physics is a special field of scientific research that makes it possible to considerably promote our understanding of the laws underlying the function of this molecule of life.
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Rubin, A., Riznichenko, G. (2014). Nonlinear Models of DNA Dynamics . In: Mathematical Biophysics. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8702-9_8
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