FIGURE 12.

Fractional DNA ejection in λ-phage as a function of osmotic pressure corresponding to experimental conditions in Evilevitch et al. (2003) (10 mM MgSO₄). The inset shows the best visual fit to the experimental data of Evilevitch et al. (2003) for λ with genome size 41.5 kbp using parameters F₀ and c, and also a parameter free curve obtained from the data of Rau et al. (1984). We see a good match between the experimental findings and the theoretical results. Also shown are the predictions for ejection behavior of λ-phage for genome sizes of 37.4 Kbp, 45 Kbp, 48.5 Kbp, and 51 Kbp under similar experimental conditions.