B-DNA

English

Etymology

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

Noun

B-DNA (countable and uncountable, plural B-DNAs)

1. (uncountable) 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.
2. (countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.

Coordinate terms

• G-quadruplex
• Holliday junction
• branched DNA

Related terms

• A-DNA
• DNA
• H-DNA
• Z-DNA

 

Anagrams

• *band, Band, band