NALT

Preferred term

supercoiled DNA

Chemical

Circular duplex DNA isolated from viruses, bacteria and mitochondria in supercoiled or supertwisted form. This superhelical DNA is endowed with free energy. During transcription, the magnitude of RNA initiation is proportional to the DNA superhelicity.

circular DNA

superhelical DNA
supertwisted DNA

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

73851

Spanish

ADN superenrollado

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/221904

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Created 7/15/14, last modified 11/17/14