Which of the following are not topoisomers?

A. two molecules having the same number of base pairs but different linking numbers
B. two molecules having a different number of base pairs but the same linking number
C. two molecules having the same number of base pairs, but one is positively supercoiled and the other is negatively supercoiled
D. two molecules having the same number of base pairs, but one is underwound and the other is overwound
E. All of these choices are topoisomers.


B

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