H-DNA
English
Etymology
H + DNA. From containing Hoogsteen-type nucleobase bonding, in addition to Watson-Crick normal style bonding of base pairs.
Noun
H-DNA (countable and uncountable, plural H-DNAs)
- (uncountable) A configuration of DNA, a triple-stranded DNA helix structure, right-hand twisting, where the third DNA strand fills in the major groove found in B-DNA, bonding to the B-DNA with Hoogsteen-type bonding, forming Hoogsteen base pairs.
- (countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.
Related terms
- A-DNA
- B-DNA
- DNA
- Z-DNA
Coordinate terms
- G-quadruplex
- Holliday junction
- branched DNA