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Z-RNA

Z-RNA noun: a configuration of RNA, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of double-stranded RNA.

Noun

Z-RNA (countable and uncountable, plural Z-RNAs)

  1. (uncountable) A configuration of RNA, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of double-stranded RNA.
  2. (countable) An RNA helix in such a configuration.

Forms of Z-RNA

pluralZ-RNAs

Origin of Z-RNA

From Z + RNA. Blend of Z-DNA + RNA. From zigzagging of the zigzag configuration RNA, an RNA analogue of the previously discovered Z-DNA.

Questions about Z-RNA

What does Z-RNA mean?
Z-RNA means a configuration of RNA, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of double-stranded RNA.
What part of speech is Z-RNA?
Z-RNA is a noun.
What is the plural of Z-RNA?
The plural of Z-RNA is Z-RNAs.

Words near Z-RNA in the dictionary

  1. Z-paks
  2. Z-pinch
  3. Z-pinches
  4. Z-plasties
  5. Z-plasty
  6. Z-RNA
  7. z-score
  8. z-scores
  9. Z-shaped
  10. z-test
  11. z-tests

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