Structural stability of DNA in nonaqueous solvents

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-344

  Bonner, Gary ^a   Klibanov, Alexander M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA stability; DNA structure; Ethylene glycol; Glycerol; Melting of DNA; Organic solvents

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLYCEROL; HYDROPHOBIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; MELTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

NONAQUEOUS SOLVENTS; STRUCTURAL STABILITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMAMIDE; GLYCEROL; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC STABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN;

DNA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER;

EID: 0034607637     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(20000505)68:3<339::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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