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stereoelectric en · ADJ

Etymology

From stereo- + electric.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone, without the use of liquid.
  2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the three-dimensional arrangement or orientation of electrically charged groups.
    • The phosphate backbone-modified oligonucleotides described in this section are diastereoisomeric mixtures and form less stable hybrids than the normal phosphodiester oligonucleotiedes. However, the contribution of the P atom chirality to the overall destabilization of the hybrids may be less than expected and a distortion of the backbone due to stereoelectric factors has to be considered as well ( FROEHLER and MATTEUCCI 1988 ; IMBACH , personal communication ) . 2012, Rudolph L. Juliano, Targeted Drug Delivery, page 334: