Biopolym. Cell. 1989; 5(5):31-37.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0000E1
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
The effect of [Na+] ions concentration on the enthalpy of DNA helix-coil transition
1Karapetyan A. T., 2Vardevanyan P. O., 3Frank-Kamenetskii M. D.
  1. Kirovokan State Pedagogical Institute
    Kirovokan, USSR
  2. Yerevan State University, Department of Molecular Physics and Biophysics,
    Yerevan, USSR
  3. Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
    Moscow, USSR

Abstract

The enthalpy (AH) of the helix-coil transition of different QC-content DNAs is obtained by means of the «tie calorimetry» and «areas» methods. The data obtained experimentally show that the slope of the dependence of AH on lg[Na+] decreases with an increase of the GC-content of DNA.
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