Nucleic acid helix stability: effects of salt concentration, cation valence and size, and chain length.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Biophysical Journal

• Publication date

  2006-02-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1529/BIOPHYSJ.105.070904PMID 16299077PMCID PMC1367269
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