A-RNA

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A configuration of RNA, right-hand twisting double helix, that forms the default configuration of double-stranded RNA.
  2. An RNA helix in such a configuration.

Word forms

A-RNA A-RNAs

Etymology

From A + RNA. Blend of A-DNA + RNA. From being an RNA analogue of the previously discovered A-DNA.

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