Quiz # 13
 

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1. (3 pts.) If a protein were to bind to the sequence below, where would be a good place to bend the DNA?  (please explain your answer!)
 
 

 5’TGCGGGAAAGTACATTTCGGAATCCCTGATGATATATACGCCCGGAGCGATCAAACGATACG 3’
 

2.a. (2 pts.) Draw a piece of DNA that is plectonemically supercoiled.
 
 
 
 

2.b. (3 pts.) Draw a piece of DNA that is torroidaly supercoiled.
be sure your drawing is roughly the same scale from part a.
 







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