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The swords referred to earlier have become three-pronged palmas (palms) in the New World.
Earlier studies have shown that DAP, in DNA fragments, can widen the minor groove, as detected by reactivity towards uranyl nitrate or susceptibility to Dnase cleavage [ 29 ] , and can relieve compressions in the minor groove associated with A-tracts [ 30 ] . In contrast, NMR and molecular modeling studies of an oligonucleotide duplex containing MeC have demonstrated that, while this duplex still has a B-DNA conformation, there are differences in the structural parameters and thermal stability relative to the unmodified duplex [ 31 ] . An earlier study also found, in two closely related octanucleotide duplexes, that although the methylated duplexes retained their B-DNA conformation, different structural and thermal stability effects were seen [ 32 ] . Although these studies have been carried out with DNA-DNA and not DNA-RNA duplexes, it is possible that MeC substitution may have different structural consequences than DAP substitution.
As agreed with your office, unless you announce the contents of this report earlier, we plan no further distribution until 30 days after its issue date.
Earlier this week the Journal seasoned its editorial page with a delightful collection of its best "Salt and Pepper" cartoons--a daily gag-comic begun in 1944.
Indeed, the adoption of these distribution innovations parallels the emergence of department stores and mail-order houses a century earlier.