Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation in DNA Melting Thermodynamics
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Molecular rigidity and enthalpy-entropy compensation in DNA melting.
Enthalpy-entropy compensation (EEC) is observed in diverse molecular binding processes of importance to living systems and manufacturing applications, but this widely occurring phenomenon is not sufficiently understood from a molecular physics standpoint. To gain insight into this fundamental problem, we focus on the melting of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) since measurements exhibiting EEC are e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.2.746