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Investigating Receptor-ligand Systems of the Cellulosome with AFM-based Single-molecule Force Spectroscopy
Published on: December 20, 2013
Apparent dependence of rupture force on loading rate in single-molecule force spectroscopy
Nan Li1, Senli Guo, Boris B Akhremitchev
1Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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