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Calculating the Secrets of Life Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... It is this surface that comes into contact with the DNA backbone chain. Because the DNAis approximately 1 rim in radius, the DNA axis lies on a surface that is 1 rim outside of the solvent-accessible surface to account for the separation of the backbone from the axis.
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  • dna axis
  • axis lies
  • protein surface
  • dna molecule
  • accessible surface

  • nucleosome core


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