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Computed values of the number of turns n★ at the transition as a function of the pulling force Fext, using K3 = 95 nm kBT. Experimental points (circles) are extracted from the curves shown in Fig. 2 of Clauvelin et al. (9). The thin purple curve is obtained from the theory in Marko (20), using the same parameter values as in Fig. 3.
