Cy3-DNA stacking interactions strongly depend on the identity of the terminal basepair

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1049-1057

  Spiriti, Justin ^a   Binder, Jennifer K ^a,b   Levitus, Marcia ^a,b   Van Der Vaart, Arjan ^c  

^a Center for Biological Physics   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 79951819347     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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