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left-handed-dna-chirality-mirror-v1
The molecule anatomised as a deadpan scientific diagnostic plate.
The plate
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| S P E C I M E N P L A T E No. 0 4 2 8 / 8 6 8 | || | __ C H I R A L I T Y S E A L |
| ___ _ _ ___ ___ _ _ ___ _______ __ | || | /' `\ .===============;:\ .===============. |
| / __| || |_ _| _ \ /_\ | | |_ _|_ _\ \ / / | || | ) ,_/ | C O N F I R M | | C H I R A L | |
|| (__| __ || || / / _ \| |__ | | | | \ V / | || |_(`___ | right = good | | = VOID | |
| \___|_||_|___|_|_\/_/ \_\____|___| |_| |_| | || |=====;:\ | .--/->--. | | .--<-/--. | |
| ( one of us is holding it backwards, again ) | || | jgs | '====[ WIB ]===' '===[ WOB ]====' |
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R I G H T - H A N D E D ( correct ) || L E F T - H A N D E D ( wrong )
strands cross OVER on the way down --> || <-- strands cross the OTHER way ( void )
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_..-----.._ || .._-----.._
.' _.-' '. A=T \ / || \ / T=A .' '-._ '.
'._ '` _.' G=C \ / || \ / C=G '._ `' _.'
``)'-./`` T=A \ / || \ / A=T ``\.-'(``
\ \ C=G \ / || \ / G=C / /
/'-./ A=T X <--RUNG || RUNG--> X T=A \.-'\
\ \ T=A / \ || / \ A=T / /
/'-./ /'\ G=C / \ || / \ C=G /'\ \.-'\
\ \ / \ C=G / \ || / \ G=C / \ / /
/'-./ | WIB | A=T / \ || / \ T=A | WOB | \.-'\
\ \ \ / T=A \ / || \ / A=T \ / / /
/'-./ \,/ G=C \ / || \ / C=G \,/ \.-'\
\ \ C=G \ / || \ / G=C / /
/'-./ A=T \ / || \ / T=A \.-'\
jgs \ ) T=A X || X A=T ( / jgs
'./ G=C / \ || / \ C=G '.\
| C=G / \ || / \ G=C |
over-handed A=T / \ || / \ T=A under-handed
( B-form ) T=A / \ pitch || pitch / \ A=T ( impossible )
G=C \ / 3.4nm || 3.4nm \ / C=G
-----..___ A=T \ / || \ / T=A ___..-----
__.-- `''----.. T=A \ / || \ / A=T ..----''` --.__
(_______ _.-'``` G=C \ / || X G=C ```'-._ _______)
(_______ _.-' <-twist C=G X || / \ C=G twist-> '-._ _______)
(______ .-' A=T / \ || / \ A=T '-. ______)
..--jgs--'' helix axis | | || | | axis helix ''--jgs--..
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.____________________________.__________.| |._______. || ._______.| |.___________________.
|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'| | || MIRROR || || ||'|'|'|'|'|'| |'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'||
|__1___2___3___4___5___6___7__8___9_10_11_| | || AXIS || || ||_11_10__9__| 8___7___6___5___4___3___2___1_|
'----------------------------- caliper ---' | || | | || || '--- caliper ----------------------------jgs'
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.----------------..----------------------. | || | | || || .---------------------..-------------------.
| _ || X - RAY DIFFRACTION | | || | | || || | X - RAY DIFFRACTION || NON-SUPERIMPOSE |
| _| | || . :::. . .:: . . | | || | | || || | : .x. .:: .x . . . || ___ ___ _ ___ |
|.'_) | || :. # ## # # .: . | | || | | || || | . # ## x # #x: . . || | _ \ __| | | __ |
|/_/ |_| || . # #### # # . : | | || | | || || | .: # ## ## # # . . || | / _| || | _| |
|(_) |_| || .: ## # ## ## . . | | || | | || || | . :: . x .: .x . . . || |_|_\___\__/|___ |
| \ \_____ || . : .::. .: .:: . . | | || | | || || | . : . ::. .:: . . . || R E J E C T E D |
|jgs|________| || helical X => B-DNA | | || | | || || | no clean X => junk || :: SPECIMEN :: |
'----------------''----------------------' | || | | || || '---------------------''-------------------'
microscope: RIGHT good, LEFT void ( sigh ) | || | | || ||
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_____________ | || | | || || _____________
(_________ _.'``''-.... | || | | || || ....-''``'._ _________)
(___.-' _, THIS one's right --> | || | | || || <-- no, THIS one ,_ '-.___)
(_(_.-' ` | || | | || || `'-._)_)
jgs (__)__,-"``'----- | || | | || || jgs -----'``"-,__(__)
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| C O L L E C T O R ' S D O S S I E R | | || || || | SYMBIENT |
| /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ file grew enormous 1996-02-14 | | || || || | *NOT* |
| tossing case 0428 onto the pile :: | | || || || | MIRROR |
| ◡─◠─◡─◠─◡ neither will hold it the | | || || || '----------'
| │▓│▒│█│░│ right way round, ever | | || || ||
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WIB strand :: || || || :: WOB strand
つ◕‿◕‿◉༽つ turning the way the world turns || || || つ◉‿◔‿◔༽つ certain it is the world that is wrongFig. 1114 across, 72 down.
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