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  • noun genetics The coiling of the DNA helix upon itself; can cause disruption to transcription and lead to cell death

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Examples

  • Once one views DNA in motion, with the full scope, intricacy and supercoiling magnificence of this essential building block of life, the issue of our origins takes on an even deeper mystery and wonder.

    Ardi is a million years older than Lucy - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Several reasons, but someone who doesn't understand the concept of supercoiling wouldn't understand them.

    Dawkins Tries to Find God 2006

  • Several reasons, but someone who doesn't understand the concept of supercoiling wouldn't understand them.

    Dawkins Tries to Find God 2006

  • It looks to me as though you don't understand the concept of supercoiling.

    Dawkins Tries to Find God 2006

  • It looks to me as though you don't understand the concept of supercoiling.

    Dawkins Tries to Find God 2006

  • I could quote binding constants, and DNA supercoiling that would hide away all the iron from solution access.

    Survivor Season 8: the Hockey Team – the Mann Overboard Episode « Climate Audit 2006

  • Helicobacter pylori CagA inhibits PAR1-MARK family kinases by mimicking host substrates Conformational change of flagellin for polymorphic supercoiling of the flagellar filament Crystal structure of the carnitine transporter and insights into the antiport mechanism Conformational dynamics of single pre-mRNA molecules during in vitro splicing

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Alessandro Vezzoli 2010

  • Helicobacter pylori CagA inhibits PAR1-MARK family kinases by mimicking host substrates Conformational change of flagellin for polymorphic supercoiling of the flagellar filament Crystal structure of the carnitine transporter and insights into the antiport mechanism Conformational dynamics of single pre-mRNA molecules during in vitro splicing

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Arabinda Nayak 2010

  • RNA polymerase: DNA supercoiling, action of rifampicin and mechanism of rifampicin resistance.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yanmin Hu et al. 2010

  • Helicobacter pylori CagA inhibits PAR1-MARK family kinases by mimicking host substrates Conformational change of flagellin for polymorphic supercoiling of the flagellar filament Crystal structure of the carnitine transporter and insights into the antiport mechanism Conformational dynamics of single pre-mRNA molecules during in vitro splicing

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Lasse B Jenner 2010

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