Probing the elasticity of DNA on short length scales by modeling supercoiling under tension

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-330

  Schöpflin, Robert ^a   Brutzer, Hergen ^b   Müller, Oliver ^a   Seidel, Ralf ^b   Wedemann, Gero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES STRALSUND   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84864758536     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.05.050     Document Type: Article

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