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base-pair breathing

noun

base-pair breathing

noun
1

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The transient, lateral opening of a base pair in a nucleic acid molecule as a result of thermal motion or the presence of a defect

  • Intercalation is an energetically favourable process, and thus relates to the dynamic base-pair breathing properties of DNA itself.2013, Michael G. Simic, Mechanisms of DNA Damage and Repair: Implications for Carcinogenesis and Risk Assessment:

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