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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 1992 Apr 1;114(9):3523–3527. doi: 10.1021/ja00035a056

Table II.

Comparison of Binding Affinities of Nicked Circles (Linear Oligomers) with That of a Covalently Closed Circlea

entry complex Tm (°C)
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a

Melting temperatures (Tm) were measured at 260 nm, pH 7.0, for the complexes with the complement 5′-d(AAGAAAAGAAAG). “P” denotes a 5′ phosphate group.