Passage times for unbiased polymer translocation through a narrow pore |
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Authors: | Wolterink Joanne Klein Barkema Gerard T Panja Debabrata |
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Institution: | Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universiteit Utrecht, Minnaertgebouw, Leuvenlaan 4, Postbus 80.195, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | We study the translocation process of a polymer in the absence of external fields for various pore diameters b and membrane thickness L. The polymer performs Rouse and reptation dynamics. The mean translocation time (tau(t)) that the polymer needs to escape from a cell and the mean dwell time (tau(d)) that the polymer spends in the pore during the translocation process obey scaling relations in terms of the polymer length N, L, and b/R(g), where R(g) is the radius of gyration for the polymer. We explain these relations using simple arguments based on polymer dynamics and the equilibrium properties of polymers. |
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