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DNA overstretching: a standalone construct

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Soft matter physics

the abrupt lengthening of double-stranded DNA to about 1.7 times its contour length at a pulling force near 65 piconewtons.

In soft matter physics, DNA overstretching refers to the abrupt lengthening of double-stranded DNA to about 1.7 times its contour length at a pulling force near 65 piconewtons. This meaning comes from Smith (1996) in Science.[1]

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References

Smith, S. B., Cui, Y., & Bustamante, C. (1996). Overstretching B-DNA: The Elastic Response of Individual Double-Stranded and Single-Stranded DNA Molecules. Science, 271(5250), 795-799. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.271.5250.795

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