A-rna

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A configuration of RNA, right-hand twisting double helix, that forms the default configuration of double-stranded RNA. uncountable
  2. 2
    An RNA helix in such a configuration. countable

Etymology

From A + RNA. Blend of A-DNA + RNA. From being an RNA analogue of the previously discovered A-DNA.

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