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The effective functioning of the genetic apparatus of biological systems is, to a great extent, due to the specific conformational abilities of the DNA macromolecule. The comparatively low energy barriers for the transitions between the stable states and small free-energy difference of double helix forms allow the macromolecule to change, within broad ranges, the mutual position of its structural elements (nucleic bases, sugar rings and phosphate groups) [1].
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Kosevich, A.M., Volkov, S.N. (1995). Dynamics of conformational excitations in the DNA macromolecule. In: Peyrard, M. (eds) Nonlinear Excitations in Biomolecules. Centre de Physique des Houches, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08994-1_9
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