Molecular stick-slip motion revealed by opening DNA with piconewton forces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 4489-4492

  Bockelmann, U ^a   Essevaz Roulet, B ^a   Heslot, F ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 0001767132     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4489     Document Type: Article

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