TRX-LOGOS - a graphical tool to demonstrate DNA information content dependent upon backbone dynamics in addition to base sequence

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Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fortin, Connor H ^a   Schulze, Katharina V ^b   Babbitt, Gregory A ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84942304912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13029-015-0040-8     Document Type: Article

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