Experimental tests of the peyrard-bishop model applied to the melting of very short DNA chains

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 3585-3588

  Campa, Alessandro ^a   Giansanti, Andrea ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 0000104103     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.3585     Document Type: Article

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