Heat capacity effects on the melting of DNA. 1. General aspects

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3242-3251

  Rouzina, Ioulia ^a   Bloomfield, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DENATURATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032763957     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77155-9     Document Type: Article

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