Temperature-dependent ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy of the premelting state of dA·dT DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1512-1520

  Chan, Shirley S ^a   Austin, Robert H ^a   Mukerji, Ishita ^b   Spiro, Thomas G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030896406     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78799-X     Document Type: Article

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