Pulling single molecules of titin by AFM—recent advances and physiological implications

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Pflügers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology

• Publication date

  2008-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s00424-007-0389-xPMID 18058125
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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