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Why is the Dna molecule able to open up and close?

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The breaking of the hydrogen bonds due to the force relieves the torsional stress stored in a double helix. As a result, the nucleotide strands rotate more freely about the axis of a helix and start unwinding. ... The DNA unzipping and the DNA unwinding result in a structural transformation from dsDNA to ssDNA.

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