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Length of one coil of B-DNA helix is
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3.4 nm
DNA is a double helical structure with two anti-parallel strands with 5I to 3I polarity. The two strands coil in a right-handed fashion. Each turn of the helix is 3.4nm (or 34 Angstrom units) consisting of 10 nucleotides.
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