Estimating the persistence length of a worm-like chain molecule from force-extension measurements

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 409-413

  Bouchiat, C ^a   Wang, M D ^b   Allemand, J F ^d   Strick, T ^d   Block, S M ^c   Croquette, Vincent ^d,e  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e LPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ENTHALPY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032937079     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77207-3     Document Type: Article

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