Base-Stacking Melting Temperature (Tm) Calculations
This aproximation uses Thermodynamical concepts to compute Tm.
The following references were used to develop the script:
- SantaLucia J. A unified view of polymer, dumbbell, and oligonucleotide DNA nearest-neighbor thermodynamics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Feb 17;95(4):1460-5.NCBI
- von Ahsen N, Oellerich M, Armstrong VW, Schütz E. Application of a thermodynamic nearest-neighbor model to estimate nucleic acid stability and optimize probe design: prediction of melting points of multiple mutations of apolipoprotein B-3500 and factor V with a hybridization probe genotyping assay on the LightCycler. Clin Chem. 1999 Dec;45(12):2094-101.NCBI
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