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H-DNA

H-DNA noun: a configuration of DNA, a triple-stranded DNA helix structure, right-hand twisting, where the third DNA strand fills in the major groove found in B-DNA, bonding to the B-DNA with Hoogsteen-type bonding, forming Hoogsteen base pairs.

Noun

H-DNA (countable and uncountable, plural H-DNAs)

  1. (uncountable) A configuration of DNA, a triple-stranded DNA helix structure, right-hand twisting, where the third DNA strand fills in the major groove found in B-DNA, bonding to the B-DNA with Hoogsteen-type bonding, forming Hoogsteen base pairs.
  2. (countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.

Forms of H-DNA

pluralH-DNAs

Origin of H-DNA

From H + DNA. From containing Hoogsteen-type nucleobase bonding, in addition to Watson-Crick normal style bonding of base pairs.

Questions about H-DNA

What does H-DNA mean?
H-DNA means a configuration of DNA, a triple-stranded DNA helix structure, right-hand twisting, where the third DNA strand fills in the major groove found in B-DNA, bonding to the B-DNA with Hoogsteen-type bonding, forming Hoogsteen base pairs.
What part of speech is H-DNA?
H-DNA is a noun.
What is the plural of H-DNA?
The plural of H-DNA is H-DNAs.

Words near H-DNA in the dictionary

  1. H-bomb
  2. H-bombs
  3. H-cupper
  4. H-cuppers
  5. H-D-H
  6. H-DNA
  7. H-DNAs
  8. h-dropping
  9. H-field
  10. H-fields
  11. H-hour

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