DNA duplex stabilization in crowded polyanion solutions
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Date
2013-02-14
Authors
Khimji, Imran
Shin, Jeehae
Liu, Juewen
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Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract
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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DNA, polyanion, duplex, stabilization