Heat capacity effects on the melting of DNA. 2. Analysis of nearest- neighbor base pair effects

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3252-3255

  Rouzina, Ioulia ^a   Bloomfield, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032785904     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77156-0     Document Type: Article

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