Intercalation of Organic Ligands as a Tool to Modify the Properties of DNA

Materialsscience of DNA

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 49-75

  Ihmels, Heiko ^a   Thomas, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11290-7     Document Type: Chapter

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