Reply to the Comment by A. Hanke and R. Metzler on "Why is the DNA Denaturation Transition First Order?"
arXiv:cond-mat/0112179
Abstract
It is shown that the scaling analysis presented in Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4988 (2000) (cond-mat/0007141) is valid for finite chains of lengths relevant to experiments, in contrast to a recent claim made by A. Hanke and R. Metzler in cond-mat/0108323.