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X-junction

X-junction noun: a non-linear strand of DNA where certain cruciform binding proteins can compete for binding.

Noun

X-junction (plural X-junctions)

  1. A non-linear strand of DNA where certain cruciform binding proteins can compete for binding.
    • Linear molecules containing the same sequences are not bound, and one X-junction successfully competes with another for binding whereas linear duplexes do not compete.1998, Jac A. Nickoloff, Merl F. Hoekstra, DNA Damage and Repair: Volume I: DNA Repair in Prokaryotes and Lower Eukaryotes, page 197

Forms of X-junction

pluralX-junctions

Questions about X-junction

What does X-junction mean?
X-junction means a non-linear strand of DNA where certain cruciform binding proteins can compete for binding.
What part of speech is X-junction?
X-junction is a noun.
What is the plural of X-junction?
The plural of X-junction is X-junctions.

Words near X-junction in the dictionary

  1. X-irradiated
  2. X-irradiates
  3. X-irradiating
  4. x-irradiation
  5. x-irradiations
  6. X-junction
  7. X-junctions
  8. X-light
  9. X-linked
  10. X-linked gene
  11. X-linked genes

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