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This text describes the data presented in the paper: Linear and circular dichroism characterization of thionine binding mode with DNA polynucleotides

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Introductory information
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Files included in the data deposit (include a short description of what data are contained): 

1)Th_A_AT_TAT_absLDCDLDr.xlsx
2)Th_A.T_AbsLDCDLDr.xlsx
3)Th_AT_TAT_CD Melting.xlsx
4)Th_AT2_absLDCDLDr.xlsx
5)Th_DNA_AbsLDCDLDr.xlsx
6)Th_G.C_absLDCDLDr.xlsx
7)Th_GC2_absLDCDLDR.xlsx

Explain the relationship between multiple data sets, if required:
Each data set represents different polynucleotides with the same dye, thionine

Key words used to describe the data:
Absorption Spectra, circular dichroism spectra, linear dichroism spectra, linear dichroism spectra

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Methodological information
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A brief method description – what the data is, how and why it was collected or created, and how it was processed:
Absorption, circular dichroism, linear dichroism spectra were collected for thionine dye with different DNA polynucleotides to study binding interactions and mode.

Instruments, hardware and software used: 
Absorption spectra were collected on a Cary100bio instrument.
Circular dichroism were collected on a JASCO instrument.
Linear dichroism spectra were collected on a JASCO instrument adapted with a Couette Cell that was constructed at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Date(s) of data collection: 
1998 - 2015

Geographic coverage of data:
Newcastle University UK, and Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Data validation (how was the data checked, proofed and cleaned):
Data was zeroed where necessary.
Replicates at different concentrations were collected and checked against each other for consistency.

Overview of secondary data, if used:
NONE

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Data-specific information
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Definitions of names, labels, acronyms or specialist terminology uses for variables, records and their values: 
All files are .XLSX
Th = thionine
polynucleotides referred to according to bases they contain

Explanation of weighting and grossing variables: 
NONE

Outline any missing data:
NONE

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Contact
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Please contact rdm@ncl.ac.uk for further information