Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

base-pair breathing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: base--pair breath-ing
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Intercalation is an energetically favourable process, and thus relates to the dynamic base-pair breathing properties of DNA itself."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

base pair breathing (alternative)

Questions

What does base-pair breathing mean?: 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

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