Statistical mechanics of torque induced denaturation of DNA

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 5178-5181

  Cocco, Simona ^a,b,c   Monasson, Rémi ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Laboratoire de Physique UMR CNRS ENSL   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0001277586     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5178     Document Type: Article

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