Supercoiled DNA At Biology Glossary

What is it? Double-stranded circular DNA in which either overwinding or underwinding of the duplex makes the circle twist. The conformation of a covalently closed-circular DNA molecule, which is coiled by torsional strain into the shape taken by a woundup elastic ba

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