Timeline for Why do most organisms have negative supercoiled DNA?
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| Nov 6, 2019 at 21:32 | history | protected | Chris♦ | ||
| Oct 19, 2017 at 20:08 | answer | added | marwa | timeline score: -1 | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 8:16 | history | edited | Tyto alba |
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| Mar 13, 2015 at 7:52 | answer | added | cagliari2005 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 21:27 | comment | added | DoubleDouble | @WYSIWYG It sounds like that could be an answer if its explained why that matters? | |
| Feb 25, 2015 at 17:42 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBiology/status/570639996035723265 | ||
| Feb 25, 2015 at 5:39 | history | edited | WYSIWYG |
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| Feb 25, 2015 at 5:39 | comment | added | WYSIWYG | Negative supercoiling reduces the torsional energy. Positive supercoil is like a compressed spring. | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 23:10 | comment | added | canadianer | Very briefly, positive supercoiling can help prevent DNA denaturation. It's sometimes (often?) found in thermopiles since their DNA is prone to melting. | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 22:56 | history | asked | Choupi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |