Linear dichroism spectroscopy of nucleic acids

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 51-170

  Kurucsev, Tomas ^b   Kubista, Mikael ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; LINEAR DICHROISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0026560451     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583500004728     Document Type: Article

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