Mechanical separation of the complementary strands of DNA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 11935-11940

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

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; FORCE; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE COMPOSITION; BIOPHYSICS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, VIRAL; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OPTICS; ROTATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0030699999     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.22.11935     Document Type: Article

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