Determination of base and backbone contributions to the thermodynamics of premelting and melting transitions in B DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3767-3777

  Movileanu, Liviu ^a   Benevides, James M ^a   Thomas Jr , George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DNA B; DNA BASE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; HYDROGEN BOND; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036712053     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf471     Document Type: Article

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