%0 Journal Article %T Correlations in Systems of Complex Directed Macromolecules %A Christopher Moseley %A Klaus Ziegler %J Quantitative Biology %D 2004 %I arXiv %R 10.1088/0953-8984/17/20/010 %X An ensemble of directed macromolecules on a lattice is considered, where the constituting molecules are chosen as a random sequence of N different types. The same type of molecules experiences a hard-core (exclusion) interaction. We study the robustness of the macromolecules with respect to breaking and substituting individual molecules, using a 1/N expansion. The properties depend strongly on the density of macromolecules. In particular, the macromolecules are robust against breaking and substituting at high densities. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0412016v2