English Explanatory Dictionary

antimotif

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pattern, in a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, that appears less often than chance would predict and is conjectured to have biological significance.
  2. A pattern that acts as a reversal or counterpoint to a dominant motif.

Word forms

antimotif antimotifs

Etymology

From anti- + motif.

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