E17E.1(b) The reaction mechanism for renaturation of a double helix from itsstrands A and B is thought to bekaA+BkbU - Hwhere U is an unstable helix, and H is the stable form of the helix. The reactionbetween A and B is first order in each species and the return of U to A + B isfirst order in U; the reaction of U to H is first order in U. Deduce the rate lawfor the rate of formation of H in two ways: (i) by assuming a pre-equilibriumand (ii) by assuming that the steady-state approximation can be applied to U.

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