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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Simul. 2006;32(14):1139–1154. doi: 10.1080/08927020601024137

Figure 3.

Figure 3

The superimposed conformations for different b0’s. We show duplex-axis curve and double helix around the duplex-axis curve together in this figure. The light line corresponds to the case when b0 = 0, and the heavy black line to the case when b0 = 2.4c0. Below, N is the number of base pairs in the DNA, w is the number of wraps of DNA around the cylindrical histone, and Lk is the linking number of the DNA. (a) N = 341, w = 1.45, Lk = 31. (b) N = 341, w = 1.45, Lk = 32. (c) N = 341, w = 1.70, Lk = 31. (d) N = 341, w = 1.70, Lk = 32. (e) N = 359, w = 1.45, Lk = 33. (f) N = 359, w = 1.45, Lk = 34. (g) N = 359, w = 1.70, Lk = 33. (h) N = 359, w = 1.70, Lk = 32. Except (c) and (d), the loop region, i.e., the free section of the DNA for each conformation when b0 = 2.4c0 does vary compared with the case when b0 = 0.