1. antiparallel - Noun
2. antiparallel - Adjective
3. antiparallel - Adjective Satellite
Running in a contrary direction.
Source: Webster's dictionaryantiparallel vectors Source: Internet
Adjacent β-strands can form hydrogen bonds in antiparallel, parallel, or mixed arrangements. Source: Internet
Crick's access to Franklin's progress report of late 1952 is what made Crick confident that DNA was a double helix with antiparallel chains, but there were other chains of reasoning and sources of information that also led to these conclusions. Source: Internet
During their model building, Crick and Watson learned that an antiparallel orientation of the two nucleotide chain backbones worked best to orient the base pairs in the centre of a double helix. Source: Internet
In a double helix the direction of the nucleotides in one strand is opposite to their direction in the other strand: the strands are antiparallel. Source: Internet
The N-terminal two helices are antiparallel and the longer C-terminal helix is roughly perpendicular to the axes established by the first two. Source: Internet