 Z-DNA (source code)

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= Z-DNA
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<Z-DNA> is a left-handed duplex family with a zigzag backbone and alternating nucleotide conformations. Alternating purine–pyrimidine sequences can favour it; local torsional stress and binding partners influence its occurrence. Left-handed nucleosome wrapping is a different structural level.

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