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Database: BSDB

The Biomolecule Stretching Database (BSDB) contains information related to mechanical stretching of biomolecules. Currently, the database is restricted to proteins and to stretching at constant velocity.When plotting the force of resistance to pulling, F, versus the pulling distance, d, one may encounter one or more isolated force peaks on the way to full stretching. the characteristic scale of F is characterized by Fmax - the maximum force in an isolated force peak. If no force peak develops, Fmax is assigned a value of zero. Usually, this happens when some disulphide bonds prevent full stretching.

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