Z-DNA

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A configuration of DNA in cells, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of DNA.
  2. A DNA helix in such a configuration.

Word forms

Z-DNA Z-DNAs

Etymology

From Z + DNA. From zigzagging of the zigzag configuration DNA.

Related words

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