B-DNA

Noun

Meaning

(countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.

(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.

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Although the "B-DNA form" is most common under the conditions found in cells, citation it is not a well-defined conformation but a family of related DNA conformations citation http://cogprints. Source: Internet

In January 1953, James Watson was shown an X-ray photograph of B-DNA (called photograph 51 ), Maddox, pp. 177–178 by Maurice Wilkins. Source: Internet

Sequence specificity Homeodomains can bind both specifically and nonspecifically to B-DNA with the C-terminal recognition helix aligning in the DNA's major groove and the unstructured peptide "tail" at the N-terminus aligning in the minor groove. Source: Internet

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