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- noun The condition of being
superhelical
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The link between essential metabolic pathways and chromosomal superhelicity had been observed experimentally.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Anthony Mathelier 2010
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An initial hypothesis to justify the link between fluoroquinolone resistance and decreased invasion ability suggested that the mutations acquired in the gyrA gene may be responsible for a reduced superhelicity causing a repression of these genes.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anna Fàbrega et al. 2009
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Képès and Valliant, 2003; Képès, 2004) and induce in this manner a regulation of gene activity by DNA superhelicity.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Anthony Mathelier 2010
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