Explain types of DNA super coiling.
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Supercoiled DNA is of two types- a plectoneme and a toroid, or a combination of both.
- The Toroid is the supercoiled DNA molecule produced as a one-start left-handed helix.
- A two-start right-handed helix with terminal loops is called plectoneme. It is typically more common in nature, and this is observed in bacterial plasmids.
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