so i was sitting in biochemistry, and the lecture was on DNA gyrase (my all-time favorite enzyme). what DNA gyrase does is fix supercoiling in replicating DNA strands. as a DNA molecule uncoils to replicate, the rest of the strand supercoils (because the amount of coiling per double helix is conserved). DNA gyrase "notices" where the strands are supercoiled, snips one of them at that very point, whips the strand around the uncut one at rate of thousands of revolutions per second, and, when the strands have enough slack, puts the cut strand precisely back together. at the moment i heard this, i _knew_ there was magic in the universe. --L. Sian Gramates	It's the Julie FAQ! So okay. I've finally decided to make a F.A.Q., which is a "Frequently Asked Questions" list for those of you unfamiliar with the term. This F.A.Q. includes things people have asked about me as well as things I think people should know. The most recent big news is that I've just released a CD: Rough Cuts. In the meantime, I've decided that the FAQ needs new questions, and new information. So I leave it to all of you to submit new questions.
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so i was sitting in biochemistry, and the lecture was on DNA gyrase (my all-time favorite enzyme). what DNA gyrase does is fix supercoiling in replicating DNA strands. as a DNA molecule uncoils to replicate, the rest of the strand supercoils (because the amount of coiling per double helix is conserved). DNA gyrase "notices" where the strands are supercoiled, snips one of them at that very point, whips the strand around the uncut one at rate of thousands of revolutions per second, and, when the strands have enough slack, puts the cut strand precisely back together. at the moment i heard this, i _knew_ there was magic in the universe.

--L. Sian Gramates

It's the Julie FAQ!

So okay. I've finally decided to make a F.A.Q., which is a "Frequently Asked Questions" list for those of you unfamiliar with the term. This F.A.Q. includes things people have asked about me as well as things I think people should know.

The most recent big news is that I've just released a CD: Rough Cuts.

In the meantime, I've decided that the FAQ needs new questions, and new information. So I leave it to all of you to submit new questions.