Singular value decomposition of 3-d DNA melting curves reveals complexity in the melting process

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 419-426

  Haq, Ihtshamul ^a   Chowdhry, Babur Z ^a   Chaires, Jonathan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; DNA; Statistical analysis; Thermodynamics; UV spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DNA DENATURATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030724792     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050096     Document Type: Article

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