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Theory of the pH-stat Titration of a Polyfunctional Reactant by a Competitive ‘Ligandee’

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IN their recent extensive investigation of the reversible reaction of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and bivalent mercuric compounds1, Yamane and Davidson2 introduced a useful new kind of pH-stat titration which they applied both to their investigation of the DNA–HgII interactions and to the examination of DNA–Ag+ interactions3.

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KATZ, S. Theory of the pH-stat Titration of a Polyfunctional Reactant by a Competitive ‘Ligandee’. Nature 203, 858–859 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203858a0

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