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The double-stranded helix of DNA has always been considered a good example of regular biomolecular structure. Its phosphate groups, which shape the exterior of the molecule, were believed to form two ideal interwound helices with strictly regular translational and rotational spacings between adjacent phosphates.
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E. N. Trifonov (1983) studied this question.
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