Z-DNA
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- A DNA helix in such a configuration.
Word forms
Etymology
From Z + DNA. From zigzagging of the zigzag configuration DNA.
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