superhelix
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superhelix
(so͞o′pər-hē′lĭks)n. pl. super·helixes or
super·helices (hĕl′ĭ-sēz′, hē′lĭ-) A structure in which a helix is itself coiled into a helix, as in a DNA supercoil.
su′per·hel′i·cal (-hĕl′ĭ-kəl, -hē′lĭ-) adj.
su′per·hel′i·cal·ly adv.
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References in periodicals archive
It is the number of turns that the duplex axis makes about the
superhelix axis.
Presently new STE morphologies are being generated with by use of advanced fabrication knowledge, as can be seen in Figure 4(b) with the creation of a double helix column, termed a
superhelix (Sunal 1999; Messier et al.
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