The 'n' effect in molecular recognition

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 88-94

  Westwell, Martin S ^a   Searle, Mark S ^a   Williams, Dudley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cooperativity; crystal melting; RNA melting; weak interactions

Indexed keywords

DNA; HETERODUPLEX; RNA;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030110810     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1352(199603)9:2<88::AID-JMR250>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Conference Paper

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