hemiprotonated
English
editEtymology
editFrom hemi- + protonated.
Adjective
edithemiprotonated (not comparable)
- protonated at only half of the possible sites (typically, 1 of 2)
- 2015 December 23, “Investigation of a Quadruplex-Forming Repeat Sequence Highly Enriched in Xanthomonas and Nostoc sp.”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The so-called i-motif structure is formed from C-rich oligonucleotides at mild acidic conditions, which enables the formation of hemiprotonated cytosine-cytosine + base pairs (Fig 4A ) [64 ].