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  • Title: Studies on nucleic acid reassociation kinetics: empirical equations describing DNA reassociation.
    Author: Britten RJ, Davidson EH.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1976 Feb; 73(2):415-9. PubMed ID: 1108024.
    Abstract:
    The rate of appearance of duplex DNA renaturation, measured with single strand specific nuclease, deviates significantly from a second order reaction. Measurements reported in paper I of this series indicate an inhibition in the rate of reassociation of single strand tails on partially reassociated molecules by a factor of at least two. Equations are derived that describe the observed form of reassociation kinetics as measured with hydroxyapatite and with single strand specific nuclease. The free parameter that describes the extent of inhibition of nucleation with single strand tails in these equations has been evaluated by least squares methods and agrees with the experimentally measured value.
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