Benham, Craig J. (1977) Elastic Model of Supercoiling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 74 (6). pp. 2397-2401. ISSN 0027-8424. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BENpnas77
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Abstract
An elastic model for the supercoiling of duplex DNA is developed. The simplest assumptions regarding the elastic properties of double-helical DNA (homogeneous, isotropic, of circular cross section, and remaining straight when unstressed) will generate two orders of superhelicity when stressed. Recent experimental results [Brady, G. W., Fein, D. B. & Brumberger, H. (1976) Nature 264, 231-234] suggest that in supercoiled DNA molecules there are regions where two distinct orders of supercoiling arise, as predicted by this model.
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