DNA structure: Yet another avatar?

Bansal, Manju (1999) DNA structure: Yet another avatar? In: Current Science, 76 (9). pp. 1178-1181.

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Abstract

Everytime the story of DNA structure seems to reach a conclusion, it bounces back to centre stage by appearing in yet another incarnation. The latest avatar to manifest itself is a stretched and overwound form of DNA reported recently by a French group-1, working with single DNA molecules. When a moderately large stretching force (of about 3 pico Newtons) is applied, the DNA molecule apparently becomes highly twisted and extended, but even more amazingly it takes up an inside-out structure in which the phosphodiester chain is on the inside and the bases are exposed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Current Science
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	The copyright belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:	DNA structure;molecular structure
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	01 Apr 2005
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:15
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/1556

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