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base-pair breathing

base-pair breathing noun: the transient, lateral opening of a base pair in a nucleic acid molecule as a result of thermal motion or the presence of a defect.

Noun

base-pair breathing (uncountable)

  1. The transient, lateral opening of a base pair in a nucleic acid molecule as a result of thermal motion or the presence of a defect
    • Intercalation is an energetically favourable process, and thus relates to the dynamic base-pair breathing properties of DNA itself.2013, Michael G. Simic, Mechanisms of DNA Damage and Repair: Implications for Carcinogenesis and Risk Assessment

Forms of base-pair breathing

alternative formbase pair breathing

Questions about base-pair breathing

What does base-pair breathing mean?
Base-pair breathing means the transient, lateral opening of a base pair in a nucleic acid molecule as a result of thermal motion or the presence of a defect.
What part of speech is base-pair breathing?
Base-pair breathing is a noun.

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