Force Spectroscopy of Single Biomolecules
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عنوان ژورنال: ChemPhysChem
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1439-4235,1439-7641
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20020315)3:3<255::aid-cphc255>3.0.co;2-m