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Mechanistic insight into the structure and dynamics of entangled and hydrated λ-phage DNA

Sandipan Chakraborty1, Takashi Uematsu, Christer Svanberg

  • 1Saroj Mohan Institute of Technology, West Bengal, India.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. A
|April 21, 2012
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