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. 2005 Jan 14;88(3):1692–1701. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.104.054486

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Free energies. (A) Free energy of unlooped DNA versus applied tension for DNA of varying length (Eq. 4). (B) Free energy of DNA kink versus applied tension for different kink angles (Eq. 18). The free energies were calculated using the wormlike chain model.