A-DNA

English

Etymology

From 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)

1. (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.
2. (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