Stacking decreases the cooperativity of melting of homopolymeric DNA

Modern Physics Letters B

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 79-83

  Morozov, V ^a   Badasyan, A ^a   Grigoryan, A ^a   Sahakyan, M ^a   Mamasakhlisov, E ^a  

^a YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Correlation length; DNA melting; Helix coil transition; Hydrogen bonding; Stacking

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA HELIX; HYDROGEN BOND; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 17144400732     PISSN: 02179849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217984905008062     Document Type: Article

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