In an experiment, DNA is treated with a compound which tends to place itself amongst the stacks of nitrogenous base pairs

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In an experiment, DNA is treated with a compound which tends to place itself amongst the stacks of nitrogenous base pairs. As a result of which,the distance between two consecutive base increases, from 0.34nm to0.44 nm. Calculate the length of DNA double helix (which has 2×109 bp)in the presence of saturating amount of this compound.

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answered Dec 7, 2017 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 24

2×109 × 0.44 × 10–9/bp

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