Nanomechanics of membrane tubulation and DNA assembly

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1631-1633

  Roopa, T ^a   Shivashankara, G V ^a,b  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELASTIC MODULI; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

CATIONIC LIPID VESICLES;

DNA;

EID: 0037429925     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1559632     Document Type: Article

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