Force-induced denaturation of RNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1324-1332

  Gerland, Ulrich ^a   Bundschuh, Ralf ^a   Hwa, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034844254     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75789-X     Document Type: Article

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