helix-to-coil transition

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phenomenon observed in melting or denaturation of double-stranded helical DNA; as the temperature increases there is bubble formation produced by the initial separation of relatively high adenine and thymine pairs; the single strands within the bubbles, and later in the completely separated single strands, form coils.

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