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Supercoiling

Supercoiling is a topological property of circular or constrained DNA molecules in which the double helix is twisted upon itself due to underwinding or overwinding of the helical turns, leading to the compaction and higher-order organization of the nucleic acid structure.

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Supercoiling of the DNA template during transcription.

Leroy F. Liu, J C Wang · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1987 · 2K citations · Full text

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SUPERCOILED CIRCULAR DNA-PROTEIN COMPLEX IN <i>Escherichia coli</i> : PURIFICATION AND INDUCED CONVERSION TO AN OPEN CIRCULAR DNA FORM

Don B. Clewell, Donald R. Helinski · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1969 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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DNA gyrase: an enzyme that introduces superhelical turns into DNA.

Martin Gellert, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, M H O'Dea et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1976 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Nalidixic acid resistance: A second genetic character involved in DNA gyrase activity

Martin Gellert, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, M H O'Dea et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1977 · 829 citations · Full text

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Variation of the supercoils in closed circular DNA by binding of antibiotics and drugs: Evidence for molecular models involving intercalation

Michael J. Waring · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1970 · 775 citations

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    Nicholas R. Cozzarelli

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    25 publications · 4K citations

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    David M.J. Lilley

    University of Dundee, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 2K citations

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    Anthony Maxwell

    John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Craig J. Benham

    University of California, Davis, United States

    14 publications · 706 citations

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    Robert D. Wells

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    14 publications · 1.8K citations

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  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    27 h-index

    84 publications

    11.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    119 publications

    8.9K citations

  3. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    21 h-index

    82 publications

    10.6K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    20 h-index

    51 publications

    7.1K citations

  5. University of Dundee

    Dundee, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    57 publications

    4.8K citations

  6. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    19 h-index

    50 publications

    4K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    16 h-index

    58 publications

    9.3K citations

  8. Institute of Molecular Genetics

    Moscow, Russia

    16 h-index

    44 publications

    3.3K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 86 publications · 15.5K citations

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  2. Nucleic Acids Research

    119 publications · 5.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 70 publications · 3.9K citations

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  4. Journal of Molecular Biology

    JMB · 61 publications · 6.5K citations

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  5. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 34 publications · 2.4K citations

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