antimotif

noun — 2 senses

antimotif

noun

Etymology From anti- + motif.

1

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A pattern, in a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, that appears less often than chance would predict and is conjectured to have biological significance.

2

A pattern that acts as a reversal or counterpoint to a dominant motif.

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