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This chapter details the experimental materials and methods used for all the experiments in this thesis. These includes the parameters for NUPACK simulation, assay kinetics study, detailed methods for analyzing different biomolecular systems and interpretation of the data collected.
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Yan Shan, A. (2018). Materials and Methods. In: Engineering a Robust DNA Circuit for the Direct Detection of Biomolecular Interactions. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2188-7_3
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