Theory for the force-stretched double-stranded chain molecule
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A model for the force stretching double-stranded chain molecules
We modify and extend the recently developed statistical mechanical model for predicting the thermodynamic properties of chain molecules having noncovalent double-stranded conformations, as in RNA or ssDNA, and β−sheets in protein, by including the constant force stretching at one end of molecules as in a typical single-molecule experiment. The conformations of double-stranded regions of the cha...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Chemical Physics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0021-9606,1089-7690
DOI: 10.1063/1.1610446