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The DNA
Question

The pitch of the DNA helix and the distance between adjacent base pairs in a helix is approximately

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Solution

The two chains are coiled in a right-handed fashion. The pitch of the helix is 3.4 nm and there are roughly 10 bp in each turn. Consequently, the distance between adjacent base pairs in a helix is approximately 0.34 nm.

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