Force-driven separation of short double-stranded DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3158-3167

  Ho, Dominik ^a   Zimmermann, Julia L ^a,b   Dehmelt, Florian A ^a   Steinbach, Uta ^a   Erdmann, Matthias ^a   Severin, Philip ^a   Falter, Katja ^a   Gaub, Hermann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 73449125906     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.09.040     Document Type: Article

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