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X-junctions

X-junctions is the plural of X-junction.

Meaning of X-junction

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

Questions about X-junctions

What is X-junctions the plural of?
X-junctions is the plural of X-junction.

Words near X-junctions in the dictionary

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

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