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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Z-DNA en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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. (countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.

Forms

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Z-DNAs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

G-quadruplex · Holliday junction · branched DNA

Relateds

Z-RNA · A-DNA · B-DNA · H-DNA · DNA