Nonlinear low-force elasticity of single-stranded DNA molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Saleh, O A ^a   McIntosh, D B ^b   Pincus, P ^a,b   Ribeck, N ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELASTICITY; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DEBYE LENGTHS; FORCE EXTENSIONS; KUHN LENGTHS; NON-LINEAR POWER LAWS; POLYMER ELASTICITIES; SALT DEPENDENCES; SCALING THEORIES; SINGLE MOLECULES; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA MOLECULES; SINGLE-STRANDED DNAS; WORM-LIKE CHAIN MODELS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 61349185799     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.068301     Document Type: Article

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