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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
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[Thermodynamic analysis of complex formation of ethidium bromide with DNA in water solutions]

S F Baranovskiĭ, D N Chernyshev, A S Buchel'nikov

    Biofizika
    |May 6, 2011
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