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Offline illu5tri0us

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DNA stability
« on: April 17, 2007, 11:35:22 PM »
why is it that DNA is stable in base?
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Re: DNA stability
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2007, 06:20:48 PM »
In base??  ???
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Re: DNA stability
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2007, 10:28:04 PM »
I would say hydrogen bonding between the hydrophilic outside and keeping the hydrophobic base pairs inside.  I don't think the Cys-Cys come into play much here.  They are strong but I'm not sure they would be the reason for base stable
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