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DNA Confinement drives uncoating of the HIV Virus
We present a model for the uncoating of the HIV virus driven by forces
exerted on the protein shell of HIV generated by DNA confinement
Frustrated Polyelectrolyte Bundles and T=0 Josephson-Junction Arrays
We establish a one-to-one mapping between a model for hexagonal
polyelectrolyte bundles and a model for two-dimensional, frustrated
Josephson-junction arrays. We find that the T=0 insulator-to-superconductor
transition of the {\it quantum} system corresponds to a continuous
liquid-to-solid transition of the condensed charge in the finite temperature
{\it classical} system. We find that the role of the vector potential in the
quantum system is played by elastic strain in the classical system. Exploiting
this correspondence we show that the transition is accompanied by a spontaneous
breaking of chiral symmetry and that at the transition the polyelectrolyte
bundle adopts a universal response to shear.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table minor changes to text, reference adde
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