Shear unzipping of DNA

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3831-3836

  Chakrabarti, Buddhapriya ^a   Nelson, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; CRITICAL THRESHOLDS; DOUBLE-STRANDED DNAS; FINITE TEMPERATURES; FUNCTIONALIZED; LADDER MODELS; MECHANICAL FAILURES; MICROSCOPIC HAMILTONIANS; NONLINEAR GENERALIZATIONS; SHEARING FORCES; SIMPLE MODELS; ZERO TEMPERATURES;

DNA;

EID: 65249148602     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp808232p     Document Type: Article

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