Predicting secondary structural folding kinetics for nucleic acids

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1617-1625

  Zhao, Peinan ^a   Zhang, Wen Bing ^a   Chen, Shi Jie ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

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EID: 77951637361     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4319     Document Type: Article

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