Talk:Mechanical properties of DNA
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[edit] Different helix geometries
This section is wrong in many ways. I have already gone through this in the main DNA article. There are not only three types of double-helical DNA (there are A-, B-, D-, C-, E-, G-, H-, and Z-forms, just to name a few) and they do not differ "modestly". Z-DNA differs so much from B-DNA (e.g. it winds to the left and in a zig-zag pattern) that it is used precisely as a form to show just how much DNA can differ from the commonly understood right-handed, smooth backbone form. I have changed this many times, but over and over again people continue to change it back to say "they only differ modestly". --Thorwald 02:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- Do you have a good reference for this? (i'm interested!) - Zephyris Talk 12:59, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
- Which part? That DNA is known to adopt many different forms, or that these form do not "differ modestly"? If the former, my references are already listed in the main, DNA, article. If the latter, just look at the tables in this article, the DNA article, or the Z-DNA article; they all show just how much the geometries of these forms differ and include references to back these data up.--Thorwald 00:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Rewrite
I have carried out a massive rewrite of this article, and all the info which used to be there should still be there... plus more! I realise it is essentially unreferenced and when i have more time it will collect some references. I ask ppl to read it and correct my appalling grammar and spelling! :) - Zephyris Talk 20:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Future of the article
This article is quite long and has kind of lost purpose, any suggestions from anyone on what should be done with it? - Zephyris Talk 15:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- I think the article is fine for now. If fact, I would be in favour of expanding it even further. The title of the article is, after all, "Mechanical properties of DNA". This is a huge subject and this article barely scratches the surface. I always find it interesting that people are constantly promoting less information on Wikipedia (not saying that is you).--Thorwald 00:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
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- My biggest concern is the overlap of DNA with mechanical properties of DNA and the 'isolatedness' of this article - it only has 5 pages linking to it! But im definately not in favour of getting rid of any information :) - Zephyris Talk 00:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
