Electrostatic investigation of metal cation binding to DNA bases and base pairs

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 5, 1998, Pages 573-574

  Gadre, Shridhar R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

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EID: 0000598499     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a708372f     Document Type: Article

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