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Since the discovery of the left-handed Z-form deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1979 [1], much work has been done both experimentally [2–4] and theoretically [5–7] in trying to understand the detailed mechanism of the transition from the standard right-handed B form to this peculiar left-handed Z form. Among the questions being asked frequently is whether the hydrogen bonds connecting the two bases of a base pair are broken during the transition.
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Zang, Z., Olson, W. (1987). A Model for the B→Z Transition of DNA Involving Solitary Excitations. In: Bishop, A.R., Campbell, D.K., Kumar, P., Trullinger, S.E. (eds) Nonlinearity in Condensed Matter. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83033-4_30
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