Two simple methods to enrich the teaching of molecular genetics

By Stephen Rowcliffe

Issue 364 | Page 12 | Published Jan 2017

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A simple string model to demonstrate the importance of DNA gyrase in alleviating the strain due to supercoiling of DNA during replication in prokaryote chromosomes.

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