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Supercoiled vs Supertwisted - What's the difference?

supercoiled | supertwisted |

As a verb supercoiled

is (supercoil).

As an adjective supertwisted is

(of dna) supercoiled.

supercoiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (supercoil)

    • supercoil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.

    • Related terms

    *supercoiling

    See also

    *topoisomerase *(DNA supercoil)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (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 citation
    • , passage=After deproteination, the migration of the assembled form II DNA will remain unchanged, appearing not to have been supercoiled by nucleosomes.}}

    supertwisted

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of DNA) supercoiled
  • (of a liquid crystal display) Whose molecules are twisted from 180 to 270 degrees, producing higher contrast.