Unfolding of single Staphycococcal Nuclease with intermolecular force spectroscopy
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عنوان ژورنال: Seibutsu Butsuri
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0582-4052,1347-4219
DOI: 10.2142/biophys.41.s165_2