ssdna
Noun
Meaning
Single-stranded DNA.
(virology) A group of viruses with such DNA.
ssdna (plural ssdnas)
Alternative form of ssDNA
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Capsid proteins of most icosahedral ssRNA and ssDNA viruses display the same structural fold, the eight-stranded beta-barrel, also known as the jelly-roll fold.
The second single stranded DNA virus infecting Archaea is Aeropyrum coil-shaped virus (ACV). citation The genome is circular and with 24,893 nucleotides is currently the largest known ssDNA genome.
The two strands can come apart – a process known as melting – to form two single-stranded DNA molecules (ssDNA) molecules.
The nucleic acid is usually double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) but may also be single-stranded DNA (ssDNA).