Tm of a DNA hairpin

[HARDIES at THORIN.UTHSCSA.EDU]

Alain Laigle writes:

> Could somebody tell me whether the Tm of a hairpin in a single stranded DNA
depends on the salt concentration.

It should, but I wouldn't count on it following the same mathematical form
as for the intermolecular reaction.  Does your question arise from a 
PCR primer problem?

Steve Hardies, Assoc. Prof. of Biochem., Univ. of Texas HSC at San Antonio
Hardies at uthscsa.edu