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X-junction

noun

X-junction

noun
1

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A non-linear strand of DNA where certain cruciform binding proteins can compete for binding.

  • Linear molecules containing the same sequences are not bound, and one X-junction successfully competes with another for binding whereas linear duplexes do not compete.1998, Jac A. Nickoloff, Merl F. Hoekstra, DNA Damage and Repair: Volume I: DNA Repair in Prokaryotes and Lower Eukaryotes, page 197:

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