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DNA duplex stabilization in crowded polyanion solutions

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2013-02-14

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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

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2CC38627E
 http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11377

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Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology