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base pairing(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: noun phrase
- Definition: the process of matching and joining nitrogenous bases to form part of a DNA molecule
- Example:
1. Base pairing is selective, so that a base such as adenine will only form a hydrogen bond with a particular base such as thymine.
2. Complementary base pairing assembles free complementary nucleotides. - Related Word: base pair (noun phrase)
- Search history: base pairing <- Polypeptide <- synthase
