supercoil
verb
- to make (a molecular structure) into a supercoil
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English coil English supercoil From super- + coil.
- A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English coil English supercoil From super- + coil.
- To twist circular DNA into a supercoil.
“After deproteination, the migration of the assembled form II DNA will remain unchanged, appearing not to have been supercoiled by nucleosomes.”