Supercoiled vs Supertwisted - What's the difference?
supercoiled | supertwisted |
(supercoil)
(genetics) To twist circular DNA into a
*{{quote-book, 1995, Sara J. Felts, chapter=Assembly and Transcription of Chromatin Templates Using RNA Polymerase III, In Vitro Transcription and Translation Protocols, editor=Martin J. Tymms
, passage=After deproteination, the migration of the assembled form II DNA will remain unchanged, appearing not to have been supercoiled by nucleosomes.}} (of DNA) supercoiled
(of a liquid crystal display) Whose molecules are twisted from 180 to 270 degrees, producing higher contrast.
As a verb supercoiled
is (supercoil).As an adjective supertwisted is
(of dna) supercoiled.supercoiled
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Verb
(head)supercoil
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See also
*topoisomerase *(DNA supercoil)Verb
(en verb)citation