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New Evidence That the Hydrophobic Effect and Dispersion Are Not Major Driving Forces for Nucleotide Base Stacking

Overview
Journal Biophys J
Publisher Cell Press
Specialty Biophysics
Date 1996 Dec 1
PMID 8968621
Citations 7
Authors
S H Gellman
T S Haque
L F Newcomb
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