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Dynamic DNA

The Loom
By Carl Zimmer
Feb 17, 2008 12:21 PMOct 25, 2019 3:51 PM
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"I chose at the time to not go for the 101-straight defined double-helix , as DNA is such a dynamic entity, zipping and unzipping and playing host to some many other molecules and with all it's binding domains, that I wanted it to be different in different places." --Steve O'Grady

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