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1 The Role of DNA Twist in the Packaging of Viral Genomes
Geoffrey C. Rollins, Anton S. Petrov, Stephen C. Harvey  Biophysical Journal  Volume 94, Issue 5, Pages L38-L40 (March 2008) DOI: /biophysj Copyright © 2008 The Biophysical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Helmholtz free energy of packaging.
Biophysical Journal  , L38-L40DOI: ( /biophysj ) Copyright © 2008 The Biophysical Society Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 P4 genome fully packed conformations: 1DNA6 (left), 3DNA6 relaxed (middle), and 3DNA6 strained (right). We have used a rainbow coloring scheme for the DNA: red corresponds to the first fraction of the genome to enter the capsid while violet corresponds to the last fraction to enter. Biophysical Journal  , L38-L40DOI: ( /biophysj ) Copyright © 2008 The Biophysical Society Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Radial density distribution for DNA inside P4.
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