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Review
. 1991 Dec;16(12):467-70.
doi: 10.1016/0968-0004(91)90181-t.

DNA in profile

E N Trifonov  1
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Review

DNA in profile

E N Trifonov. Trends Biochem Sci. 1991 Dec.

Abstract

The double helix structure of DNA is not necessarily straight but rather can be curved at almost every base pair. Thus, each piece of DNA possesses a unique silhouette, as individual as its base sequence.

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