%0 Journal Article
%T Phase Transition between 'A' and 'B' forms of DNA: A Free Energy Perspective
%A Devashish Sanyal
%J Physics
%D 2010
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.032901
%X We study the structural transition from `B' form of DNA to 'A' form of DNA using group theoretic methods. The transition is not of the order-disorder type and hence to construct a Landau kind of theory for the transition we define a higher symmetry and relevant order parameters. We also discuss the issue of all the conformations, observed experimentally during the course of transition, being fundamentally different or not.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.3115v2