DNA melting investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and Raman spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3350-3360

  Duguid, John G ^a   Bloomfield, Victor A ^a   Benevides, James M ^b   Thomas Jr , George J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACODYLIC ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE; DEOXYRIBOSE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ESTER DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATTLE; CONFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DNA DENATURATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; NONHUMAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0029731421     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79528-0     Document Type: Article

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