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Large experimental evidence has recently well established that DNA in biological systems is supercoiled and that its behaviour is governed by topology (1,2).
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Savino, M., De Santis, P., Leoni, L., Palermo, C., Palleschi, A. (1987). Topology of DNA in its Interaction with Actinomycin D and with the Histone Octamer. In: Chaiken, I., Chiancone, E., Fontana, A., Neri, P. (eds) Macromolecular Biorecognition. Experimental Biology and Medicine, vol 19. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4600-8_14
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