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Meaning of base-pair breathing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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