- nucleotide pair
- A pair of nucleotides (one in each strand of DNA) that are joined by hydrogen bonds.
Forensic science glossary. John C. Brenner . 2012.
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pair — Two objects considered together because of similarity, for a common purpose, or because of some attracting force between them. base p. (b.p.) the complex of two heterocyclic nucleic acid bases, one a pyrimidine and the other a purine, brought… … Medical dictionary
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base pair — n. a pair of bases consisting of the pyrimidine base of one nucleotide joined by a hydrogen bond to the complementary purine base of another nucleotide: such pairs form the links between the two strands of DNA and of double stranded RNA … English World dictionary
Base pair — In molecular biology and genetics, the linking between two nitrogenous bases on opposite complementary DNA or certain types of RNA strands that are connected via hydrogen bonds is called a base pair (often abbreviated bp). In the canonical Watson … Wikipedia
base pair — ase pair (b[=a]s p[^a]r ), n. (Biochemistry, Genetics) a unit of double stranded DNA or RNA consisting of two complementary bases on opposing strands of the double stranded polynucleotide, bound together by hydrogen bonds and other non covalent… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Base pair — Two DNA bases complementary to one another (A and T or G and C) that join the complementary strands of DNA to form the double helix characteristic of DNA. * * * base pair pa(ə)r, pe(ə)r n one of the pairs of nucleotide bases on complementary… … Medical dictionary
base pair — base′ pair′ n. biochem. gen any two of the nucleotide bases that readily form weak bonds with each other, bringing together strands of DNA or RNA and linking codons with anticodons during translation of the genetic code … From formal English to slang
base pair — noun Date: 1956 one of the pairs of nucleotide bases on complementary strands of nucleic acid that consist of a purine on one strand joined to a pyrimidine on the other strand by hydrogen bonds holding together the two strands much like the rungs … New Collegiate Dictionary
