Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology (1995)

Chapter: DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING

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Suggested Citation: "DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING." National Research Council. 1995. Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2121.
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Suggested Citation: "DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING." National Research Council. 1995. Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2121.
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Suggested Citation: "DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING." National Research Council. 1995. Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2121.
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Suggested Citation: "DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING." National Research Council. 1995. Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2121.
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Suggested Citation: "DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING." National Research Council. 1995. Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2121.
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Suggested Citation: "DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING." National Research Council. 1995. Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2121.
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Suggested Citation: "DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING." National Research Council. 1995. Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2121.
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Suggested Citation: "DNA GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY: LINKING, TWISTING, AND WRITHING." National Research Council. 1995. Calculating the Secrets of Life: Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2121.
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