Tying a molecular knot with optical tweezers.

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Published in Nature on June 03, 1999

Authors

Y Arai1, R Yasuda, K Akashi, Y Harada, H Miyata, K Kinosita, H Itoh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.

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