Thermal equivalence of DNA duplexes without calculation of melting temperature

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Weber, Gerald ^a   Haslam, Niall ^a   Whiteford, Nava ^a   Prügel Bennett, Adam ^a   Essex, Jonathan W ^a   Neylon, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; MELTING POINT; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

DNA DUPLEXES; DNA MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; DNA-COMPUTING; EMPIRICAL REGRESSION MODEL; GENETIC INFORMATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE PARAMETER; THERMODYNAMIC EQUIVALENCE;

DNA SEQUENCES;

EID: 33644879263     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys189     Document Type: Article

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