Self-touching shapes of DNA minicircles as predicted by the model. (IMAGE)

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics

Self-touching shapes of DNA minicircles as predicted by the model.

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Self-touching shapes of DNA loops as predicted by the model for increasing supercoiling density (top to bottom). When the DNA is twisted more and more, its shape becomes increasingly compact

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Source: Radost Waszkiewicz.

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