DNA duplex stabilization in crowded polyanion solutions
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DNA duplex stabilization in crowded polyanion solutions.
The melting temperature of duplex DNA is much higher in polyanions than in non-ionic polymers with similar ionic strength, suggesting an additional electrostatic contribution on top of the excluded volume effect.
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عنوان ژورنال: Chemical Communications
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1359-7345,1364-548X
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc38627e