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  2. Z-DNA - Wikipedia

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    Z-DNA is one of the many possible double helical structures of DNA. It is a left-handed double helical structure in which the helix winds to the left in a zigzag pattern, instead of to the right, like the more common B-DNA form. Z-DNA is thought to be one of three biologically active double-helical structures along with A-DNA and B-DNA.

  3. DNA replication - Wikipedia

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    In the single stranded DNA viruses—a group that includes the circoviruses, the geminiviruses, the parvoviruses and others—and also the many phages and plasmids that use the rolling circle replication (RCR) mechanism, the RCR endonuclease creates a nick in the genome strand (single stranded viruses) or one of the DNA strands (plasmids).

  4. Z curve - Wikipedia

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    Z curve of C.elegans chromosome III. The Z curve (or Z-curve) method is a bioinformatics algorithm for genome analysis.The Z-curve is a three-dimensional curve that constitutes a unique representation of a DNA sequence, i.e., for the Z-curve and the given DNA sequence each can be uniquely reconstructed from the other. [1]

  5. Replication timing - Wikipedia

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    The temporal order of replication of all the segments in the genome, called its replication-timing program, can now be easily measured in two different ways. [1] One way simply measures the amount of the different DNA sequences along the length of the chromosome per cell.

  6. Origin of replication - Wikipedia

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    The origin of replication (also called the replication origin) is a particular sequence in a genome at which replication is initiated. [1] Propagation of the genetic material between generations requires timely and accurate duplication of DNA by semiconservative replication prior to cell division to ensure each daughter cell receives the full ...

  7. Non B-DNA - Wikipedia

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    Non-B DNA can have significant implications for DNA biology and human health. For example, Z-DNA has been implicated in immunity and autoimmune diseases, such as lupus and arthritis. [6] H-DNA has been implicated in genomic instability and cancer, and G-quadruplexes have been linked to telomere maintenance, [7] oncogene activation, and cancer. [8]

  8. Eukaryotic DNA replication - Wikipedia

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    Eukaryotic DNA replication of chromosomal DNA is central for the duplication of a cell and is necessary for the maintenance of the eukaryotic genome. DNA replication is the action of DNA polymerases synthesizing a DNA strand complementary to the original template strand.

  9. DNA re-replication - Wikipedia

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    DNA re-replication (or simply rereplication) is an undesirable and possibly fatal occurrence in eukaryotic cells in which the genome is replicated more than once per cell cycle. [1] Rereplication is believed to lead to genomic instability and has been implicated in the pathologies of a variety of human cancers . [ 2 ]