Z-DNA
English
Etymology
Z + DNA. From zigzagging of the zigzag configuration DNA.
Noun
Z-DNA (countable and uncountable, plural Z-DNAs)
- (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.
- (countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.
Related terms
- A-DNA
- B-DNA
- DNA
- H-DNA
- Z-RNA
Coordinate terms
- G-quadruplex
- Holliday junction
- branched DNA