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The stabilisation of nucleic acid structures

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The difference in stabilisation between DNA and RNA is explained by assuming that the 2′ hydrogen of the ribose penetrates into theπ-electron cloud of the base of the 5′ linked nucleotide.

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  1. Service de Biochimie, Département de Biologie, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, B. P. No. 2, 91, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Gerhard Melcher

  2. Institut für Mikrobiologie und Biochemische Technologie der Technischen Hochschule Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Wien 6, Austria

    Gerhard Melcher

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Melcher, G. The stabilisation of nucleic acid structures. Biophysik 7, 29–32 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01189460

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