B-DNA
nounEtymology From B + DNA. Coined by Rosalind Franklin, for the second of two forms discovered during her X-ray crystallography experiments on DNA.
1
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.
2
A DNA helix in such a configuration.
- Coordinate terms
- G-quadruplex, Holliday junction, branched DNA