Atomic force microscopy: A forceful way with single molecules

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Engel, Andreas ^a   Gaub, Hermann E ^b   Müller, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut für Angewandte Physik   (Germany)

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EID: 0033602221     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80081-5     Document Type: Note

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