Betaine Can Eliminate the Base Pair Composition Dependence of DNA Melting

Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 137-144

  Rees, William A ^a   Korte, John ^a   Von Hippel, Peter H ^a   Yager, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; DNA B; DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE COMPOSITION; BETAINE; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEAT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLY DA-DT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0027386592     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi00052a019     Document Type: Article

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