A-DNA
English
Etymology
A + DNA. Coined by Rosalind Franklin, for the first of two forms discovered during her X-ray crystallography experiments on DNA.
Noun
A-DNA (countable and uncountable, plural A-DNAs)
- (uncountable) A configuration of DNA in cells, right-hand twisting double helix with a small size difference between major groove and minor groove, wider and more squashed twist than B-DNA; found during transcription and replication.
- (countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.
Coordinate terms
- G-quadruplex
- Holliday junction
- branched DNA
Related terms
- A-RNA
- B-DNA
- DNA
- H-DNA
- Z-DNA
Anagrams
- ANDA, Anda, Dana, NDAA, dana, dāna, nada