Thermodynamics of base pairing

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-304

  Turner, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

BASE PAIRING; DATA BASE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029938421     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80047-9     Document Type: Article

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