DNA - A MODEL-COMPOUND FOR SOLUTION STUDIES OF MACROMOLECULES

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PECORA, R
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[1] Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford
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10.1126/science.2000490
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Well-defined, monodisperse, homologous series of oligonucleotides and DNA restriction fragments may now be produced and used as models of rigid and semirigid rodlike molecules in solution. Information from optical experiments on these model systems aids in the formulation and testing of theories of macromolecular dynamics in both dilute and concentrated solution.
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