Z-DNA

Meaning

Noun

A configuration of DNA in cells, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of DNA.
A DNA helix in such a configuration.

Origin

Z + DNA. From zigzagging of the zigzag configuration DNA.

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