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. 2005 Dec;72(6 Pt 1):062901.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.062901. Epub 2005 Dec 1.

Helices in biomolecules

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Helices in biomolecules

Kevin Cahill. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

Identical objects, regularly assembled, form a helix, which is the principal motif of nucleic acids, proteins, and viral capsids.

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