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Conformational angles in mononucleotides and mononucleosides are confined to narrow ranges. It is remarkable that the corresponding angles observed for polynucleotides occur in the same narrow ranges.
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ARNOTT, S., HUKINS, D. Conservation of Conformation in Mono and Poly-nucleotides. Nature 224, 886–888 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224886a0
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