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Title: Automated sequence-level analysis of kinetics and thermodynamics for domain-level DNA strand-displacement systems
Award ID(s):
1718938 1213127 1643606 1317694
PAR ID:
10093594
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Volume:
15
Issue:
149
ISSN:
1742-5689
Page Range / eLocation ID:
20180107
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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