DNA Topology image 2 (IMAGE)

University of Sheffield

DNA Topology image 2

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Image 2 shows how the automated system has mapped the two tangling DNA molecules. At the points where one DNA segment passes over another, it is coloured in green. Where a segment passes under another, it is coloured pink. In the left hand corner of the image, one fragment crosses over itself. 

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University of Sheffield in Nature Commnications

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