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Sedimentation Velocity Properties of Complex Mitochondrial DNA

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The interlocked duplex DNA rings in a catenane appear to sediment as independent units when the rings are relaxed and as connected units when the rings are in a superhelical conformation.

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HUDSON, B., VINOGRAD, J. Sedimentation Velocity Properties of Complex Mitochondrial DNA. Nature 221, 332–337 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221332a0

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