Framed curves and knotted DNA.
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The present mini-review covers the local and global geometry of framed curves and the computation of twist and writhe in knotted DNA circles. Classical inequalities relating the total amount of bending of a closed space curve and associated knot parameters are also explained.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Biochemical Society transactions
دوره 41 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013