Electrostatic effects on the stability of condensed DNA in the presence of divalent cations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2838-2846

  Duguid, John G ^a,b   Bloomfield, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GeneMedicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0029972107     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79853-3     Document Type: Article

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