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Summary table of the parameter values used to model the handles and the bead in the optical trap
| kBT[pN/nm] | kb[pN/nm] |  |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.14 | 0.1 | 10 | 160 | 1000 |
We use the value for the Young modulus corresponding to a dsDNA molecule. The value for the other parameters have been taken from Liphardt et al. (2001).
