Illustrations of Double-Stranded DNA, RNA and a Wormlike Bead Chain Model (IMAGE)

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Illustrations of Double-Stranded DNA, RNA and a Wormlike Bead Chain Model

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Illustrations of double-stranded DNA, RNA and a wormlike bead chain model. The radial distribution of the end-to-end distance, Ree, and contour length, L, are shown.

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Xi Zhang/Bao/Wu/Zhu/Tan

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