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Strandedness of DNA at 92% relative humidity

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The existing X-ray diffraction data of DNA at 92% relative humidity are different from those obtained from the B form at 66% relative humidity. Though the intensity spots are less well defined in the former, they can nevertheless be fitted with a four stranded helical model.

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Wu, T.T. Strandedness of DNA at 92% relative humidity. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 30, 681–686 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476683

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