DNA unzipped under a constant force exhibits multiple metastable intermediates.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on February 06, 2003

Authors

Claudia Danilowicz1, Vincent W Coljee, Cedric Bouzigues, David K Lubensky, David R Nelson, Mara Prentiss

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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