B-dna

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The default configuration of DNA in cells, right-hand twisting double helix with a significant size difference between major groove and minor groove, and approximately 10 base pairs per twist. uncountable
  2. 2
    A DNA helix in such a configuration. countable

Etymology

From B + DNA. Coined by Rosalind Franklin, for the second of two forms discovered during her X-ray crystallography experiments on DNA.

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