@article { ISI:000172328100038,
	title = {DNA packaging and ejection forces in bacteriophage},
	journal = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA},
	volume = {98},
	year = {2001},
	month = {NOV 20},
	pages = {13671-13674},
	abstract = {We calculate the forces required to package (or, equivalently, acting to eject) DNA into (from) a bacteriophage capsid, as a function of the loaded (ejected) length, under conditions for which the DNA is either self-repelling or self-attracting. Through computer simulation and analytical theory, we find the loading force to increase more than 10-fold (to tens of piconewtons) during the final third of the loading process; correspondingly, the internal pressure drops 10-fold to a few atmospheres (matching the osmotic pressure in the cell) upon ejection of just a small fraction of the phage genome. We also determine an evolution of the arrangement of packaged DNA from toroidal to spool-like structures.},
	issn = {0027-8424},
	doi = {10.1073/pnas.241486298},
	author = {Kindt, J and Tzlil, S and Ben-Shaul, A and Gelbart, W.M.}
}
