Stretching of macromolecules and proteins

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-45

  Strick, T R ^a   Dessinges, M N ^b   Charvin, G ^b   Dekker, N H ^b   Allemand, J F ^b,c   Bensimon, D ^b   Croquette, V ^b,d  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

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EID: 0037277427     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/66/1/201     Document Type: Article

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