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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

VINOGRAD, Jerome (1913 – 1976)

1913 – 1976

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1965

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The twisted circular form of polyoma viral DNA.

LEBOWITZ, Jacob VINOGRAD, Jerome (1913 – 1976)

Discovery of DNA supercoiling. DNA supercoiling refers to the amount of twist in a particular DNA strand, which determines the amount of strain on it. A given strand may be "positively supercoiled" or "negatively supe…