Quantitative thermodynamic predication of interactions between nucleic acid and non-nucleic acid species using Microsoft excel

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 755-762

  Zou, Jiaqi ^a   Li, Na ^a  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium analysis; Excel; Nucleic acid probes; Sequence design; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION; EXCEL; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; QUANTITATIVE THERMODYNAMICS; SEQUENCE DESIGNS; THERMODYNAMIC CONSTANTS; VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS;

BIOMOLECULES; DESIGN; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; MACROS; PROBES; SPREADSHEETS; THERMODYNAMICS;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EXCEL; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; SEQUENCE DESIGN; THERMODYNAMICS;

NUCLEIC ACIDS; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84880644942     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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