stacking interactions

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Attractive interaction between planar aromatic rings, in nucleic acids being one of the critical forces stabilizing double- and multistranded structures.
Note: Stacking interactions are involved in binding of intercalators to DNA.
Source:
PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. (Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)) on page 1186 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'stacking interactions' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09882 RIS BibTex EndNote
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