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Ten microseconds in the life of a superhelix

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Dynamic light scattering measurement data of DNA topoisomers are compared with two different computer models: a Monte Carlo model and a Brownian dynamics model. First results on the kinetics of formation of a superhelix and on the influence of curved sequences on the dynamics of superhelical DNA are reported.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Sez. Struttura delta Materia, Università di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    Giuseppe Chirico

  2. EMBL, Grenoble Outstation, c/o ILL, 156X, F-38042, Grenoble Cedex, France

    Ulrike Kapp, Werner Kremer & Jörg Langowski

  3. Troitsk Institute of Innovational and Thermonuclear Research, Troitsk, 142092, Moscow Region, Russia

    Konstanin Klenin

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Chirico, G., Kapp, U., Klenin, K. et al. Ten microseconds in the life of a superhelix. J Math Chem 13, 33–43 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01165550

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