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hemiprotonated

hemiprotonated adjective: protonated at only half of the possible sites (typically, 1 of 2).

Adjective

hemiprotonated (not comparable)

  1. protonated at only half of the possible sites (typically, 1 of 2)
    • The so-called i-motif structure is formed from C-rich oligonucleotides at mild acidic conditions, which enables the formation of hemiprotonated cytosine-cytosine + base pairs (Fig 4A ) [64 ].2015 December 23, “Investigation of a Quadruplex-Forming Repeat Sequence Highly Enriched in Xanthomonas and Nostoc sp.”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hemiprotonated

From hemi- + protonated.

Questions about hemiprotonated

What does hemiprotonated mean?
Hemiprotonated means protonated at only half of the possible sites (typically, 1 of 2).
What part of speech is hemiprotonated?
Hemiprotonated is an adjective.

Words near hemiprotonated in the dictionary

  1. hemiprosopometamorphopsia
  2. hemiprosopometamorphopsias
  3. hemiprosthesis
  4. hemiprotein
  5. hemiproteins
  6. hemiprotonated
  7. hemipter
  8. hemipteral
  9. hemipteran
  10. hemipterans
  11. hemiptericin

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