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Preferred term

DNA, Cruciform  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A cross-shaped DNA structure that can be observed under the electron microscope. It is formed by the incomplete exchange of strands between two double-stranded helices or by complementary INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES that refold into hairpin loops on opposite strands across from each other.

Entry terms

  • Cruciform DNA
  • DNA Cruciforms
  • Holliday Junction DNA
  • Holliday Junctions

In other languages

  • French

  • ADN en croix
  • Jonctions de Holliday
  • Jonctions Holliday

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PWH7PW4P-C

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