The linking number:

A. is negative for most B-form DNAs.
B. changes when double-stranded DNA is bent or deformed.
C. increases when single-stranded breaks occur in the DNA.
D. increases when double-stranded breaks occur in the DNA.
E. is the number of times one strand of a closed circular DNA is wound about another.


E

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