Unwinding of double-stranded DNA helix by dehydration.
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Unwinding of double-stranded DNA helix by dehydration.
Conformation changes of the double-stranded DNA helix in response to dehydration were investigated by monitoring, by agarose gel electrophoresis, the linking number of covalently closed circular DNA generated by ligation of linear DNA in the presence of different organic solvents or different temperatures. It was found that: (i) The DNA helix unwinds upon addition of certain organic solvents or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.5.2838