Microscopic mechanics of hairpin DNA translocation through synthetic nanopores

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 593-608

  Comer, Jeffrey ^a,b   Dimitrov, Valentin ^b   Zhao, Qian ^b   Timp, Gregory ^b   Aksimentiev, Aleksei ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 58849087632     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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