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spellingShingle Mendel, D, Dervan, P B, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Hoogsteen base pairs proximal and distal to echinomycin binding sites on DNA., Multidisciplinary
title Hoogsteen base pairs proximal and distal to echinomycin binding sites on DNA.
title_full Hoogsteen base pairs proximal and distal to echinomycin binding sites on DNA.
title_fullStr Hoogsteen base pairs proximal and distal to echinomycin binding sites on DNA.
title_full_unstemmed Hoogsteen base pairs proximal and distal to echinomycin binding sites on DNA.
title_short Hoogsteen base pairs proximal and distal to echinomycin binding sites on DNA.
title_sort hoogsteen base pairs proximal and distal to echinomycin binding sites on dna.
title_unstemmed Hoogsteen base pairs proximal and distal to echinomycin binding sites on DNA.
topic Multidisciplinary
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.84.4.910