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Due to the electric polarisation induced by the carbon and nitrogen atoms, the molecules of the nucleotide bases present a stereo-asymmetry. The DNA right-handed double helix is determined by the asymmetry of the nucleotide bases and it is concordant with the right-handed α-helix of the polypeptide molecules formed by L-amino acids.
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Portelli, C. The asymmetry of the nucleotide bases and amino acids. Experientia 35, 614–615 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960353
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