antiparallel

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1. antiparallel - Noun

2. antiparallel - Adjective

3. antiparallel - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Running in a contrary direction.

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antiparallel 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

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